More bargaining power than they ever did in the past 7 years or so.  

The power of financing allows you to own $1M property with only $250,000!

Buyer's have all the power now.  

If I can spot the power meter socket the color tag on there will tell me the status of the power, I can also check the water meter from the curb to see if that's on.

He told me he's currently working with a mgmt company and they have set it up to do all financials out of QB because they felt the accounting side of the mgmt software wasn't powerful enough.I'll definitely look into this a little deeper myself, your experience is contrary to what I've come across.

I have renter's insurance awareness in my lease, and am thinking of putting in an additional clause that each roommate should bring his own surge protection power strip as additional insurance for the electronics.  

If any of the other outlets have power now, they are earlier in the circuit than the one you disconnected.

Just make sure the co-signer has enough earning power to cover the rent.

Hello Mike,You could easily leverage $200 - $300,000 into a  1M - 1,500,000M acquisition and rehab line of credit to give you more buying power.

Make sure the power outlets to plug into are not loose or cracked where they could arc and cause a fire.