Are the tenants taking showers two and three times a day and running these so long that they're running out of hot water each time, steaming the place up like a Turkish bath house? 

Market dynamics are constantly changing, so you always want to look specific to the current time (a lot of people still talk about Atlanta and Memphis, not realizing that they were freakishly hot markets a few years ago, but that's not so much the case now...at least not in the same way).

We worked it out with the electric company, but it has cost me nearly $2000 to install meters and properly ground the electrical system.The property was never connect to natural gas, causing our tenants to live without hot water.

First of all, the building is served by propane for heat and hot water. 

If you keep at it you will find that you can become very creative with these offers and if you listen very intently, you will find out the seller's hot buttons. 

Of course, you're NOT going to find ANY $20k "hot deal" duplexes in Waukesha Cty like we have by the bundle here in MKE Cty.

Right now, with the market being quite hot, people are bidding premium prices, even on tax deeds. 

I always thought it was stupid to depreciate an $800 hot water heater. 

The owner was considering paying to have the home demolished at a cost of $15,000-$20,000 and then he was going to be stuck with a vacant lot in an area where building lots are not a hot commodity.  

A true ADA animal is highly trained, and not likely to soil carpet, however, it is under the same jurisdiction for damages as a regular household pet.