Hey everyone, I just closed escrow on a duplex but I have been having some concerns regarding renting both units out to tenants.First, I am going to be placing a community washer and dryer but powered by one of the unit's gas and power, should I go about reimbursing the tenant for the utility costs?

What concerns me most is your rent not covers the mortgage.

I am concerned about these numbers...

I have alot of good about it, but would this be a good book for beginners or might overwhelm someone new to the business?

If you're confident enough with asset segregation in the LLC and not concerned about personal liability, then, just go without.Make tenants carry renter's insurance and reimburse them.Anyway, not that I'm recommending it, but for scenarios where a property is worth 50k in a isolated LLC, I don't see the upside to paying 1k in insurance.

**** What else I should be concerned about?

I have been looking at multi family homes for a bit now and some concerns I have between 2s, 3s, and 4s is the net profit.A duplex for 129k rents for 800/unit, profits ~$215-300/monthTriplex for 129k @ 650/unit profits ~$390-543/monthQuad for 129k @ 600/unit profits ~$615-860/monthSo I guess the question is why do people buy duplexes or tris?

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I'm concerned that a lazy appraisal could come in closer to 60-65% equity.