you can separately meter the units and have them pay water as a way to cut your expenses. then I would make sure the exterior would draw the eye and interior focus on the money areas (kitchen and baths). functionality of the units is another route to take on the interior.

I've generally purchased properties that had the potential to generate additional NOI and I've managed them such that I've forced quite a bit of equity, however, my main focus is cash flow. 

I have quite a few properties in the Indianapolis area, but I haven't invested since roughly 2014 due to focusing on another business.

They are trying to focus more on small businesses (examples: cupcake business, brewery, barbershop, furniture building, etc).

They even told us that they went to legal aid and that the attorneys there advised them that we have to allow them to stay month to month after the lease expires (which I know isn't true and I told them to have those attorneys contact us). 

A rental license says nothing about people living there - it’s focused on a paid renter living there safely.

So, what I have concern with- that hopefully someone in the vicinity of the issue can aid me.

I didn’t think about the fact that someone would be paying 12 months of our mortgage for us, I was just focusing on the short term.

You'll want to research the definition of real estate brokerage services in your state.If the definition includes language such as "Aid, attempt, or offer to aid in locating for purchase, rent or lease any real estate situated in [state]" then you have to be licensed to birddog. 

Ten months ago, I purchased an investment property in an area of Tucson that I believed was going to appreciate very rapidly.Lately, I have been focusing on expanding my investment portfolio into new markets such as Kansas City, MO.