if the owner is paying the utilities , go count the meters and verfy that the buildings are legal 9 families, there should also a public landing meter for each building for the hallways and out door lighting . i dont know what state your in but also make sure the tenants aren't on some sort of programs where the landlord is required pay the utilities to have the tenants .

Get an owner occupied loan and rent out extra space in the property. 

House hacking something with a separate living space is probably your best bet. 

I believe they have a subscription system however from what I recall it's a little bit expensive and is not very user friendly.You can pull the public data from the various websites and then go and extrapolate everything, but unless you've got a pretty good programmer who can build out some engines to go scrape everything you will end up doing a lot of that mining manually.

Towson is always in the top 10, thanks to the public schools, colleges, and hospitals there.As to living in Baltimore, I haven't lived there since 1995 and I'm never going back.

It's a gamble in some ways, as I don't know if I'd be able to build what I want due to zoning.prop #2- crappy neighborhood. 1/4 acre, BUT-has a single family house, small garage, plus warehouse space that's ~2500 sq ft. zoned C. cheap. house is also a total rehab. closer to "move in ready", but honestly, the crime in the neighborhood is to the level that I don't think I'd bring my kid there now.

This is pretty simple for your CPA to figure and the depreciation tables are available online in IRS publication 946: How to depreciate property. 

No entry basement conversion complaint .CN196029Post name, address, and telephone of owner, owner's agent for managing, controlling or collecting rents, and any other person managing or controlling building conspicuously where accessible or visible to public way. (13-12-030)Building - No owner's I.D. sign posted .

I had a dream, which was not all a dream.The bright sun was extinguished, and the starsDid wander darkling in the eternal space,Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earthSwung blind and blackening in the moonless air;Morn came and went—and came, and brought no day,And men forgot their passions in the dreadOf this their desolation; and all heartsWere chilled into a selfish prayer for light:And they did live by watchfires—and the thrones,The palaces of crowned kings—the huts,The habitations of all things which dwell,Were burnt for beacons; cities were consumed,And men were gathered round their blazing homesTo look once more into each other's face...

Lot fee is what the owner has to pay to the mobile home park for the space, so that will be $700 each.