In Ontario (Ottawa) people with student rentals, do you include all utilities (heat / hydro / water) in the cost for students, or do the students pay the utilities on their own (split the costs between them)?

In Maryland those include, Taxes, Front foot assessments, water bills, ground rent and other less common ones.  

Otherwise that is another possible one you can check out as it does include the criminal and eviction search.

Thanks for the info @James Brand I'm hoping to purchase my first duplex, triplex, or quad in 2017 and was in need of areas to start looking.  

You are still allowed to reject that unauthorized roommate if you find criminal or other negative findings from the screening.If you decide to approve the new tenant, just draw up a new lease for a 1 year term (or your choice) with the new rent and make sure all roommates are included on the lease. easier that doing addendums for rent and roommates etc. and you get them to commit to a new 12 month lease so you dont risk move-outs in the middle of winter.

@Christina McManaway thanks for the responseProperty management is included in the 9500 (the property manager gets free rent on a 2/1/1)2/1/1 gets average of 650 (3,200)3/2/1 gets average of 800 (6,400)These rental rates are older also.

Include the high property taxes, and it's tough to find a the right BRRR property.

After all expenses including mortgage, insurance, water, property management, cap ex, turn over, everything, I'm making $2,000/month which is 15-16% cash on cash return.

Hello everyone, I am brand spanking new in the real estate world.

However, this just makes my decisions even harder because I cannot get a good grasp on what my goals should be prior to purchasing.I can see how including many investors into the equation can make it difficult, but what if we simplified the scenario by just using 2 investors, me and a friend.