Hello,My current service for removing snow from my rental property is not reliable.  

You need a separate crew just to shovel snow. 

Sarah Jones, the guy buying a house for 250K and putting 50K into it and selling for $350K is NOT making 50K in profit, and in fact there is a fair chance he is just breaking even.The cost of purchasing (closing costs) reselling (commission) and carry costs (taxes, insurance, utilities, snow and grass, and possibly hard money interest) will take more than expected in profit.So Jon is right, at the end of the day you need to buy correctly and figure out what adds the most value in the market and neighborhood you're working in.

But, at the same time, there are so many things to consider if you are going to pick up a 12 unit building like how much of the utilities the owner pays (and in winter heat and hot water will take a bite out of your net), that the owner is responsible for all common areas (lawns, snow removal, pest control, common area cleaning, etc), and the amount of involvement required by you (approving applicants, approving charges over a certain amount and actively researching ways to keep those costs down, etc). 

What are people paying for water and snow removal per month?

@Travis Cox that must be a REALLY nice part of CH, as I purchased  a duplex on Eloise all in 50k, ,,, also  2  4 UNITS, on W 98th near Edgwater for 90k all in, and a 3 unit for 50k,,,,,,,, Is that net ROI,, Taxes, Ins, PM, V/M 10% Water, snow , grass, ? 

Also the temps will be in the low teens and 20s this weekend with a chance of snow. 

., typically has longer term tenants$(1,056) 8% prop. management, although will self manage foreseeable future$(1,535) prop. taxes$(840) prop. insurance$(600) trash - this could be removed, he is providing a dumpster but city has free trash$(1320) snow removal & lawn care, tiny yard---------$(7,331) total annual property expenses, not including mortgage$(3,543) Mortgage 30yr, 5% fixed, $68k purchase price, 20%down =54k mortgage --------$(10,874) total expenses including mortgage$13,200 total ANNUAL Rents------------$2326 - annual cashflow (average $193/mo), $15,000 - upfront cash invested, the 20% down on mortgage + 2k closing, misc. $2,280 - additional annual cashflow potential through expense cutting and rent increasesthere is about $7k of differed maintenance of mainly cosmetic interior updates/flooring once the long term tenants eventually move out.

It's kind of like where it snows a lot, you have structural things built into your code to handle the weight of the snow, etc.

Climate is some short winter with some snow but nothing too imposing, summer is long and not oppressively hot like Atlanta because we are at some elevation.