Not to sound mean or anything just my 2 cents.... you are a pure example (just like many others) real estate agent that know not too much about investing in real estate even though you sell or help to buy properties for your own customers.

In it's place you could use depreciation (but that's another story and not relevant for your analysis).If you can't get bill back utilities, then you don't have too many options. 

What was your "coupon" for the customer in the ad? 

A customer of mine, from when I had a small construction company, had a property to sell.

I don't want to come off as a conspiracy nut.Recently, my financial adviser mentioned a banker customer, fresh from a Euro banking conference that bought up a large amount of silver upon his return.While the Banking cartels weigh their options about the still looming currency issues.

Best Buy are customer focused.

I strongly prefer Chase QuickPay and/or clearXchange (or, what I call Chase QP for non-Chase customers) because (1) tenant initiates payment and (2) I accept it.

All,I have to do a little shameless plug for my wife.  She is a realtor in Clearwater FL and recently had a big situation.  Her seller decided to cancel the contract for the lawn maintenance and pool maintenance peopl...

I love the idea of being able to totally customize the colors and shades.

Here's the way that I organize my information.3 cabinets: 1 for vendors (people that sell stuff to you) 1 for customers (since I'm a landlord this means my tenants) 1 for general / administrative items (company documents of incorporation, tax documents)This is how I file information inside each cabinet.- Organize alphabetically (except XYZ can be combined since they're rare)- File according to first letter of the company's name.