@Francisco Milan - The only utilities I pay for is water (and common electricity) since I own old multi-families and its hard to separately meter it.

I’m sure your lease specifically says security deposit can not be used for last months ent as almost all leases ha for at least 10 years when it became a common practice. 

$2k seems like a common number people usually jump for.

If the partners can be considered active, then you can form a JV structure, and a securities attorney will be able to help you understand the threshold of involvement they must have to considered active.Now, on to what is equitable: I would say most common structure is a pref plus carried interest structure.  

Is this common in Indy?

Common fees will include a set-up fee, leasing fee for each turnover or a lease renewal fee, marking up maintenance, retaining late fees, and more.

It's worth it to pay someone else to help your business run efficiently and protect your mental health.

The most common low money down is a FHA as it is 3.5% down on 1-4 units.

This is a common question especially this year...

No pet deposit but a clause to acknowledge any new damage caused by pet would be paid for by Tenant, like any other leasee, must clean up common areas of pet fur and usual pet clauses.