Good research @Bob JacksonI was exploring a company to help me setup a self directed IRA - American Pension Services and just found out the SEC shut them down for fraud.

If it's a newer furnace, it might simply shut off if it overheats and you'll have cold tenants.

Dispite the fact that Security Bars are on every door and window, they put the little kids through the milk shuts and then the little rascals open up the door from inside.Question: Is there a cost to remove the appliances?

I work in refineries doing shut downs. 7 days a week 12 hrs a day.

Here is something I picked up recently to find local vacants...Call up the local water department and ask for a list of homes with the water shut off.

They are essentially betting on you as an individual will not only follow through with your word to execute this business plan, but also that there won't be another pandemic shutting down the economy, a soft landing for a coming recession, real wage growth to grow with increasing rents, no additional restrictions on landlords to remove nonpaying tenants, AND that the real estate market will keep humming along as it has been, increasing in value each year.

I was so impressive that there I had several jobs from estimating construction to a funding control officer because that owner bought a S&L and stopped only building condos and included very aggressive lending and eventually got shut down by our government in 1987cand I lost my job when they did. 

Not holding pressure could be anything from a bad shut off valve($10) to broken pipes(rare) to stolen pipes(it happens). 

As the manager you can shut it down were as using property management company you would have to keep silent or call the police for noise violation.I think if you represent yourself as property manager onsite you will have more control, tenants will better behave and you can enjoy being a landlord.Read Brandon's book as he if I am not mistaken self manages his properties using his mother in law to answer phones. lolAlso if you use property management you can loose anywhere from 8-15% of your rents to them.

I want cash to flow through my veinsBut appreciation might increase my gainsBoth are wonderful in my opinion So in conclusion it's a win winSo shut up and investAnd let us all have a big money fest