If anyone in the community ever needs an opinion about an investment in greater NYC area, breakdown of good or bad neighborhoods, pricing or simply have me physically go and check a property for them free of charge (& zero competition, I promise, lol) feel free to reach out!

But I assume you know that and we simply looking to trade profit for easy.

Simply state in the lease that once the new boilers are installed, they will have to pay the heat and hot water directly to the utility company. 

The Canadian dollar is not worth as much in the US.An immediate exchange of currency for currency results in neither a tax loss, nor an economic loss, its simply an exchange of value for value.

I was able to move half of the units to paying online/cashapp but a few of my tenants still don't have bank accounts or simply prefer paying cash.

It's been great, we've continued to see appreciation, monthly cashflow, and when the market turns we'll simply write a check from our line of credit to purchase the next property!

The heloc “works” because you are Actually paying more than your scheduled monthly payment every month  You can achieve the Same thing by simply paying extra principal toward your loan. 

In Maryland, if no one is at the address on record, then simply serving the, Sate Department Of Assessments and Taxation, is considered legal service.

Then I don't think I'd allow customers in to be able to look through the items, I think they would have you pick them up, or drop it off, and have them sign that it was dropped off, taking lots of pictures of the items for records, and then simply returning the items to the person when they need them again...perhaps the next semester. 

When the market turns, we'll simply stroke a check from our line to get the next property.