He wants to come out to see my historical rentals, and will sometime later this year or early next year. 

Contact the utility company and get an historical average for use.

Do what you’re supposed to do, Beyond, and use the  historical data to know when to slash my prices.  

So paying more on the debt does not improve your current cash flow and eats up possible other investment funds or a rainy day funds.The counterpoint to paying down a mortgage is that today's interest rates are so low, historic lows, that sometime in the future interest rates will be higher, perhaps much higher.

The clear majority of those receiving Sec 8 are not just lazy (code with a racial undertones by the way, deny it all day but that's clearly the historic implication of those) individuals milking the system.

That's historically very low and for a long term.  

Based on the length of the cycles, historically, the answer is that we are coming due for a correction.  

I have an excellent opportunity to purchase an historic 1920s home on main street middle of downtown zoned residential and selective commercial use.

The Perfect Investment: Create Enduring Wealth from the Historic Shift to Multifamily Housing by Paul Moore - I enjoyed this because it outlines the merits of multifamily relative to other investment options.7.  

Land acquisition, planning and zoning, plans and specs, contractors (historical costs per square foot to build) and then figure out how to re position the building to fit the current needs in the community.