Either burn off the existing fuel in the furnace , or drain it , or give the fuel away .

Solid offer, but they hired an engineer that basically convinced the home owners that the roof was going to collapse on itself, I HAD an engineer's report stating that everything was fine. 2nd offer busted....FINALLY, the 3rd offer closed....What a crazy journey, lots of emotions and frustration.

There's a gas valve and you need to light the pilot if it burns out but that's pretty much it. 

You'll get burned if you try and jump right in. 

I'm an engineer, and so I'm hoping that the answer to question 1, will help with question 2.

No wait, don’t answer that, i’ll start another thread)Vacancy Buy in markets with strong fundamentals (pop growth, job growth, job diversity) Buy in good quality B class neighborhoods that would maintain renters even in a downturnSave 5% gross rents for vacancySave for inevitable lease up feesRent Prices Drop My numbers predict i could stay in the black even with a 10% drop in rental prices (see example below)Other At time of purchase i set aside 6 months of gross rent in cash, for reservesSample PropertyThis is a sample property is actually more like a higher c class, but i you could move the numbers up higher and see the same thing with a B class SFRPurchase Price: $60,000Closing costs: $4,000Rent $900Vacancy ~ $45(5%)Maintenance ~ $45(5%)Capex ~ $125Op expenses(tax, insurance, lease up, mgmt) ~ $162NOI ~ $522Mortgage: $261Heloc: $68(at current rate) - $160(at highest rate)Cash flow: $193(at current rate) - $101(at highest rate)I'm a little scared to ask this, but better burned on BP then in real life, so here we go.What am i missing or what did i not think of?

Obviously electricity demand is only going to increase in the future, which leads to a greater chance this place will burn down.

Those overleverage investors are the first to get burned. 

With the volume I buy and the experience I have I still get burned 1 out of 10 times.

I currently work as a civil engineer for geotechnical engineering company here.