If you were going to bet on the next best performing electric automobile maker, would you invest you half million with Elon Musk...or the guy tinkering in his garage down the street? 

The first step to learning what options you have is understanding where existing plumbing, mechanical, electrical, structural, etc. is located. 

Some people use 5%Utilities: Tenant pays for electricity/gas, water, sewer/garbage in Indy.

I have a property on the Oregon Coast that I need to replace some electric baseboard heaters.

The electric company remounted the entrance cable, but told me I am responsible for repairing the damage to the feeds and meter bases. 

Hello all,I'm looking for info on daily and monthly usage by commercial properties (small and large multifamily, office buildings, hospitals, hotels, shopping centers) to see how much electricity they use (ex. kWh or MWh) and some estimates for current monthly electricity prices.I will be using this info to see how cost-effective it would be to sell combination solar systems with battery power (night/backup) to commercial property owners.Anyone with guidance on which direction to point me in for learning more about energy generation, storage, and usage, or anyone in the energy industry, feel free to reach out and contact me.Thanks!

I even had a tenant take a unit with horrible water damage and invest in new electrical, security doors, cameras, cooling, etc.

Who would be paying the electric/gas bill?

On the other hand, if you can avoid these potential pitfalls, there are opportunities out there.I recently purchased an intended buy and hold (90% of what we do) and ended up flipping it (this particular house was about an hour north of Concord in the Claremont / Springfield VT area):Purchased for $55K needing a good amount of capital injection:We did new windows, roof, deck and vinyl rails, cedar clapboard repair and paint, some sill repair, entire new propane-fired forced hot water heating and domestic hot water system (it had electric heat and an old electric water heater), plumbing repairs, full bathroom redo (new tub/shower with custom tile enclosure, new vanity, new toilet), half bath redo (vanity and toilet), new floors throughout (tile and laminate and refinishing of hardwood in living room), all new interior doors and finish carpentry, complete interior paint job, new sinks/faucets/finish plumbing, new appliances, a good amount of electrical upgrades, all new interior and exterior lighting fixtures, driveway redo with blue stone, a drainage-related landscaping improvement, filling in of a swimming pool, and other miscellaneous odds and ends.I estimated to be all-in (purchase, reno, and carrying costs) just under $100K.

It also looks like that wall floats, so you are probably going to have some stuff in the soffits above the cabinets - at a minimum, ductwork for the range hood (if it's not vented back to the room) and possibly electrical wiring.