Will they get rented?

I had a property in Cleveland (Warrensville Heights) for 4 years and yes, I had to pay for the water/sewer (but not snow plow) and it was in my name, as the utility company billed me directly.But, I had that expense factored into the rent, so I was reimbursed when the rent was paid.

I'm in the Rent Tahoe Nevada market and we are a landlord friendly state with low taxes.

In my portfolio the maintenance cost varied between 8 to 10% of the rent collection for the past 5 years, but suddenly jumped to 15% in 2023.

I have an inquiry from a fourth year college student who has an interest in renting our ADU from June to Sep.  

The only way I would let a tenant paint is if I could set up a lawn chair, grab a drink and watch them for entertainment.

There's literally no house for rent in that entire neighborhood for more than 3.5K. 

@Riley Yourdon make sure you put in your purchase contract that you will get the leases and rent ledgers BEFORE closing so you can review them.At closing you'll want to require that you get the tenant names, phone & email.There is this thing called fraud when it comes to leases & ledgers, so discuss reps & warranties with your agent.

I have investments that send on-time quarterly reports with documents like rent rolls, expense reports, detailed explanations of whether we are in line with initial projections or not and if things have been improving or not and why.

Between flipping or BRRRRs, it sounds like a matter of whether it's a market you'd like to rent or not.