I recently bought one in Cherry Log mountain (5 miles from Blue Ridge) and by recent i mean i closed last friday.

On Friday we opened Blue Steel Real Estate.

I have barely broken even after a year with the high maintenance of properties by the ocean - rust and salt water do a number plus the storm.

to stable, blue collar, working class tenants that care about their homes and pay rent on time.

SupplyLas Vegas is unique in that it is a tiny island of privately owned land in an ocean of federal land.

Arcade white (SW) - gloss for interior trim, flat on external trim. the grey/blue shift from alabaster makes it seem whiter.

I have bought a property that is in really good condition but it has ugly blue tile in the bathroom.

so you listed 3 options for utilities. for 6 years or so, i did option 1. i am currently doing option 2. i have talked to a few people that are doing option 3. as you know, you can make a significant amount of cash flow with the rent by the room strategy. also, the tenants that i rent to (low-middle income/blue collar), do not have a ton of extra money. they can afford the rent but any "extras" may be too much. my logic was if the rent includes utilities they simply look at it as the "rent" payment. not necessarily anything more than that. if you have a rent and utility payment (that may even be less or the same as a rental rate that includes utilities) they view that as two separate payments and you run the risk of them paying the rent and not the utilities. this has happened to me many times. what are you going to do, evict them over missing a $43.65 utility payment when they have been paying their $600 rent?

Hey Daniel,I own six communities in Western states but I stay away from Blue states because of the rental laws. 

@Jason HillKeep in mind that deployment orders can get them out of a lease out of the blue as well.