Basically, I'd like to ask the seller to give me a credit for the cost to submeter the gas and water lines during the sale.

Can someone please clarify this for me - if I take out a HELOC on my primary residence to purchase an investment property would that have to be for 100% of the cost of the investment property or can I just take out enough for a down payment? 

Depending on how old your current sold comps are, they may fall off by the time you are done with yours, so the pending will be valuable.

Cross reference these with projections from a local propriety manager and/or your own protected daily, occupancy and operational costs. 6.

You're missing the forest for the trees.Sure, it'll cost you to go after them.

The property would be located in a high cost area within NJ.

And the only way it will make sense is if you ran the numbers, the comps and ARV are correct, and you have a fast dispo on the flip and the time frame.I have advanced software for my comps and ARV’s, it also runs my numbers for all costs associated, including holding costs, exit costs, all of it.

However, there are accounting costs associated with multiple LLCs.

I am being told in a specific instance that copies of leases are not provided to owners because the legal binding agreement is between the property manager and the resident.In this case, I would have zero visibility on the nature of the lease terms, as well as who is responsible for certain costs borne (utilities, etc)If this exclusion to owners is allowed, what is required in terms of document retention in the case of termination of relationship?

As a pure investment it looks okay, but with a primary residence for my family thrown in at zero additional cost, it looks really really great.