The city where you want to buy you probably just want to purchase land that has hookups for electricity.

I made an addition in my 1906 house, change floor plan, new electrical and plumbing, finishing still in process, adding value to the house.

You can qualify for an FHA loan with less than 5% down, improving your buying power.

Can anyone estimate what the power/water bill would run per lot based on this scenario?

Inflation is constantly eroding buying power; each year, it costs more to buy the same set of goods.

You and your friend's borrowing power is quite strong based on your combined incomes.

Power wash the outside?

I am reaching out to lenders as a proactive measure to build my Power Team.

With this platform landlords and tenants can have access to important documents, have insights on water/electricity and gas usage, have a better connection trough communication tool, have personal popups, and much more features that will be created.

On the other hand, if it's totally within my rights to keep the whole deposit, given they are breaking a 12-month lease after 1 month and that I've done everything in my power to address their issues in a timely manner, that would be preferable.