If the number is negative, you add it to your liabilities.

I'll need plenty of additional information, but I suspect this place would be a quality exercise and/or a worthwhile thread for the community if we did it right.

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Many towns have rent control in addition to the state laws. 

I would first identify the viability of finding additional rentals in this market that fit your criteria for investment. 

Here are the basics, please let me know if you have any additional questions and I’ll do my best to answer: 227k purchase price, 9 units, 4800 gross monthly rents, needs 60-70k in repairs, 350k ARV, the possibility of additional income from an on-site coin-op laundry facility ($250-300)... those are the nuts and bolts.

Not sure if this would be feasible but under certain circumstances you could pull something like this off.More than likely, based on not just having to open up spaces and the space considerations of new duct-work, but also the service/additional metering requirements to get this done to the utility's liking - I'm guessing the capEx required will not pencil this option out. 

There may be an additional cost of $5000 and if you are renting is it really worth doing this??

The additional cost of filing in small claims court is small and will often pay dividends years down the road.

Their rates are a bit better than hard money, they often offer a bit longer term, maybe 12 months with the option to extend later for an additional fee in-case you don't finish as planned.