With my ex wife would have been thinking along those lines when we bought our first house.

Here is my first thought, remember I am fairly new at this and am not 100% if this would work or even if this deal would be possible to find.I was thinking, find a seller that would be willing to do seller financing and line up a private investor for a 20 - 35% down payment.

flow through entities, the net gain to my bottom line is unchanged, but it seemed like a way to inflate the property value.

Potable water line cans and will freeze if they're located in an areas that do not have sufficient heat, or do have sufficient infiltration of cold air.

My wife and I are getting everything lined up for us to start into real estate.

Its like the novice line cook who is wondering if Culinary school is for them. 1/2 the people say "you HAVE to go to make it" while the other half say "don't waste your money on something you can learn in the field."

I added home, cell, vonage line and they all worked.

You can find it on line.

Utilities of any kind can kill your bottom line.

Some stuff like demo seems easy until you cut through a electrical line, pipe or cut a structural member of the building.Get a good contractor that will show you how to do things and learn as much about the trades as you can.