So they pay their gas bills that covers heat, cooking, and hot water.

Yes, I'm a believer that my area is red hot and am looking at developing some dirt.

They're in hot water with Section 8.

The bigger the unit (e.g. 2 bath require more than the smallest one), the higher the required flow.That makes a hot water trickle impossible.

You don't want to violate the conditions of your grandmother's trust and get somebody in some hot water.

I realize you asked about licensing for yourself as a broker, but if you don't know the requirements for your lenders as well, you will get them in hot water.

I assume at that price, it was a single hot water source and you had to run a new HW pipe to each unit...And why are you putting 5 water heaters in a 4-plex??

I started in REI while I had a fulltime job also and probably encountered a lot of the same hurdles you're facing now (can't take live calls, phone tag with leads once off work, hot leads turned cold, etc).Automate one component at a time.

Houston rental market is so hot I haven't had any problem finding quality tenants.

If that's what you have, you mostly likely have gas generated heat, and gas hot water in one hot water tank.