You will have a higher monthly payment initially but you will be paying down the principal and won't be subject to having your line frozen or called if the economy turns down the road.

I screened as well as I could, they all looked good on paper, seemed nice in person, references and background checks checked out etc. but turnover was higher, living there was less fun, and a few house mates turned out to be nightmares: one started working as a paralegal and spent her days researching ways to screw me over on everything, another one started secretly growing peyote in his closet and ended up trying to stab another housemate who drank a bit too much one night and got emotional when I was out of town (they both spent some time in county jail over that incident and had to be asked nicely to GTFO) another one lived almost entirely off of expired frozen cod that he bought on sale for $1 and then microwaved it, making the house smell like nasty rotten fish for a few hours every night... barking dogs left unattended in the yard, dog fights, angry neighbors, dog poop, the peyote cult coming by and hosting drum circles into the night having bon fires in the yard, police coming by, fire department coming by... ...my future wife moved in and then we moved out pretty soon after, bought a different primary with no room mates, kicked all the crazies out and made it a normal rental rented to a family.

Leftover (beer, mustard, catsup, bread, potatoes, cheese, cold cuts, mayo, ramen, cooking oil, canned goods, spaghetti, frozen foods, etc.) 

It depends on a few factors, check with your town, some are rent controlled/rent frozen, when I write a lease I add that every year a monthly increase of $50.00 per month, it has done really well for my bottom line and it is not a surprise to the tenant.

It was probably 5 months before it got done, but that was because it was winter when I first called about it and they told me they don't dig or run gas lines when the ground is frozen, which makes sense.

Its just like people getting Heloc's and thinking they are fixed term loans .. they are not they can be frozen at the unilateral decision of the lender and called.. again read the fine print..

Additionally, probably worth raising rents higher and including heat, and getting WiFi in the building and installing WiFi thermostats to verify remotely temp is high, ive found this stops frozen pipes from happening.

Bathroom, Kitchen, repaired frozen pipes..

Always seemed to be frozen pipes or busted pipe.

I picked it up trashed complete with frozen pipes for $12,500 & my wife was very annoyed & would NOT go through it.