In that case, I would probably try to negotiate with the water company to lower the bill, as well as the tenant to try to recoup as much of the costs as possible. 

They are not as easy to sell if you need to unload, average home appreciation over time is typically 4,7%, townhomes 3.4%, and condos are even lower.

We could do more but want a lower payment.

But if you are looking for a yieldish play, low(er) hassle, etc. you’ll probably be pretty happy.

Homeowner has asked the HOA to lower the wall, push the wall back behind the street so vehicles will miss it (by removing the bricks), or adding a steel pole in front of the wall as a barrier.

He's only asking 135k but I can get him lower.

Recommending that the buyer act like they can barely afford their own offer in hopes that the seller will feel sorry for them and lower the sales price, causes buyers to lose deals!

Lower your cut or agree to take nothing to sell the house.

I've looked at properties in Gastonia and for the most part it doesn't yet seem as saturated, I think the one thing keeping REITs from saturating the market there is older homes and lower rental prices (except for a small pocket of REIT rentals in Willow Park, where property is newer and values are higher). 

We were raising rents then while MF lowered or went vacant.