This person will be more than willing to answer your questions.Now if the person answers your question, go back to the market and actually PRACTICE WHAT THEY HAVE PREACHED.

If not then having a sub-meter company is an option for billing tenants and collection.With  a 2 unit all of that may not be practical.

I recently relocated to Northwest Arkansas to begin work as a business management analyst.

And actually the business that I bought the services from, (zurixx) got shut down by the FTC for fraudulent practices so that alone is enough evidence to let you know that this is a $30 service with a $70k pricetag.

This becomes easier the more practice you have at it. 

Hi, my family is relocating to Houston by the summer.

I currently live in the NYC area Jersey City, NJ but am relocating to Los Angeles in a couple months.

.  ;-)Here are some other BP links that may help...http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/04/21/estimate-rehab-costs/http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2009/11/5/...http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/03/17/tultimate-guide-house-flipping-costs/Now, as for practical advice, I have a spreadsheet where I have broken a house down into components (see below). 

It's always good to look at credit history and practices for a more rounded idea of how the debtor treats credit.  

The houses were their primary residence and they had to relocate which turned them into landlords because they did not want to list the property at the time, so they agreed to lease optioning the home with current tenant buyers that are not able to perform.