I am currently trying to have the city provide water/sewer so I do not have to continue dealing with the state and the additional costs associated with operating the systems.

I'd like to get more organized in terms of expenses associated with specific properties.

Hello BP Community:What costs associated with attendance at the 2021 Bigger Pockets Conference are tax deductible?

but there's a price tag associated with that, as I'm sure you're familiar with in Ogden.

You can compare that to what you see on your notice of property value to determine whether or not you are being reasonably taxed.Your property manager/board should be actively working with a tax certiorari to fight the values at the association level. 

When you start purchasing short term rentals is there a certain amount of bank accounts that you have for your monthly expenses associated with the property?

Getting a HELOC has closing cost associated with it, and depending where you live, banks will usually only give you 75-90% LTV for a HELOC.

Condo associations can be really rough.

It is used for extensions, but you could also fill it out in such a way to give notice of termination.At the top of the form it says it is for use only by Association members, so if there is a dispute, it might not hold up in court if you use it and are not a member.I'll guess TAA also has one you could use if you are a member.If not just get your attorney to draw up something simple. 

@David Beard : I'm sure you are well versed in the risk associated with ROI, and so am I, I was making the point, badly evidently, that some might look solely at ROI and that this would be wrong, this particular scenario being the perfect example.