Tenant is responsibke for all utilities and lawn care/upkeep.

Within a month he was working toward fixing his violations.Read the rules carefully because some HOAs do not allow non occupant owners to serve on the board and in my experience board service can be very important.

In other words I keep it at 10% until I have a property under contract.Lawn care/Snow removal (minimum of $50/m)Miscellaneous (5% minimum).

I'm looking at small (20-30 unit) parks that have water and sewer billed to tenants separately.Anyone with a small park like this care to share their numbers? 

This concept applies to rentals, not to flips.All of that really should be discussed case by case, we're giving you very generic tips.

I take mediocre care of it because - well- why do more than the minimum.

I don't care if they say they'll drive 3 miles away to have a cigarette, you ain't getting in....PERIOD! 

Careful about overpaying for unneeded fees.

My wife and make a decent living, but have student loans still, other obligations and a small child with one on the way paying day care, etc.

The main reason I care is I don't want to have to spend $1000 or more every year on the tax prep when all I probably need to do is file on the Schedule E (especially with just one or two properties).