That line "the money will follow the deal" is a great line used in classes to sell.  

@Paul Sassin Unfortunately, in Metro Detroit, for all cities but the City of Detroit, water bills are tied to the property, not the tenant.So, letting the water bill go to the property and trusting the tenant to pay it doesn't work - as you've found out.Many of the cities won't even turn water off for nonpayment:(Then if owner doesn't pay the past due water, the city sells the bill to the county (+ penalties & interest) and the county puts it on the property taxes.PM us and we can tell you a MUCH better way to handle water bills:)

I have two other homes; however, I sold one and when I finish the other I will sell it so that I can clear out my personal debt.

The owner ended up selling it as-is because of the long process. 

We are able to help folks buy and sell their dream house, but what we really love is helping folks with an investor mindset. 

. (# and size of offices, bathrooms,doors, windows, floor drains, lights, truck docks).If you make an educated guess you will likely still be tearing out or changing brand new walls and concrete, but if you leave it incomplete it is harder to rent.Plan on some extra expense for those tenant improvements.This guy is selling a course teaching people how to do flex space development.

Then, in order to generate more income and also move closer to work, I decided to sell my house and move into a 4 unit MF in a city where I live in 1 unit.

As for the recapture on the backend as long as you sell and 1031 it all gets kicked down the line. 

Depends on how much you really like your current property or if you want to sell and get a nice, newer/better/ property all togehter.

How much do you think you can sell that 1/3rd for?