The city may require you to maintain specific standards like architecture.

Its all over the net if you want to google it.Costs of maintaining a license vary state to state. 

With rents at $475/month and assuming 100% occupancy and 50% expenses that gives you $28,500 NOI and a cap rate of 6.7%.Let’s assume you do nothing but raise the rents and still maintain a 50% expense ratio you get an NOI of 39,000, with the same 6.7% cap you get a valuation of just over $582,000, which is a difference of $157,000, not $262,000.Where are you getting an 11 cap and 26% cash on cash?  

It was a lot to consider at the time with my limited income .She knew it would be very grueling managing a full time demanding job ,a family ,and maintaining her grades in a very challenging major .we also knew if she couldn’t cut it or pass the dissertation we would still be on the hook for the school loans and not only would she flunk out but we’d go bankrupt paying that massive loan without the new higher income to back it up .

Isn't there value in being able to hold it and maintain appreciation without losing the farm?

I'm reaching to motivated sellers as a cash buyer and am curious what methods others have taken.My site is SEO optimized and I'm following a plan to get higher ranked but have been advised it can take 6 - 12 months to move to page 1.

I wonder what they payback time would be for installing and maintaining motion detectors versus the pennies in energy keeping the lights on for 10 hours.

Mike, totally agree with you, its very hard to maintain a 5 star rating.

It costs maybe $150 to incorporate and then $50 bucks a year to maintain the registration.  

I would suggest speaking to a septic installer in your area that installs and maintains these to explain them in detail, and give you a better understanding of them.