In the grand scheme of things the insurance & liability aspects should be minor factors; millions of people have pools, including rentals - that's what insurance is for (you are heavily covered, right?). 

I looked into hooking into city water and there was a 10 grand hook up fee.  

When deciding whether or not to to fork over the few grand it will cost you to add designer furniture into your property always remember this: A few thousand dollars will ALWAYS be less expensive than a $10,000 price drop to increase traffic. 

I'm getting outbid because in the space I operate in, which is the $10MM to $30MM price point, there are a lot of buyers willing to put up several hundred grand hard day one...and I'm not willing to do that.

During due diligence the buyer came up with a bunch of Mickey Mouse stuff on the inspection and re-traded for a hundred grand.

HiWoking is 01483 if Im not mistaken. 01482 is Kingston Upon Hull so not as grand!

The Tri-Plex I own is in Grand Junction, CO and I have a Property Management company managing it.

I chose the house because it played with in my grand house hacking/vacation rental plan.

The reason simply being Tacoma prices took a heard beating in the downturn and still lagging 2007 peaks.The people that live in Tacoma (again minus North) are people making 30-50k grands a year, looking for clean place to live, without violent crimes.

I did record the Grand Deed with just the name of the land trust alone.