Unless there are local legal reasons I would probably opt for the later as that would cut down on potential confusion between spelling out 2 different ways of handling utilities in the same lease. 

This allows us to budget the funds needed to handle possible tenant issues.After we acquire the property we will hand the tenant a form that is really a shorter application where they will fill in their current contact information, employer etc.

I know that things have changed with covid so I was looking for some advice to how courts in the city are handling these issues.

Then it may need to be handled with certain procedures.

International taxation is very complex and you should not handle it on your own.

I realize taxes are paid yearly, and any other costs on the property (repairs, improvements, property manager, travel costs, etc.) will reduce the income I am paying taxes on, but for now I am just trying to get a general estimate of the monthly breakdown.Please point me to some resources that can help me understand how to best understand and handle taxes! 

You may get stuck with a property to can't afford to fix up or handle any adverse situations that arise.

I'd certainly run whatever I was planning on doing by my loan officer before I did it, just looking for how folks generally handle this. 

I've never gone through the process of having a tax sale annulled especially after improvements have been made to the land and the exact way it is handled will varies from state to state so your attorney can find out for sure how this impacts you if you were to go that right but it could be messy. 

Hi Prashanth, I agree with Lake's answer but wanted to contribute some about STR's - my answer deals mainly with Oahu as each county in Hawaii differs somewhat on how they handle STR's.