This means around the 1st of the year there is a temporary boom of unqualified renters entering the market and to make matters worse the temperature normally drops tremendously which increases the danger of frozen pipes or high utility bills (choose one or the other) insurance agents tend to frown upon vacancies... 

I was in real estate sales and Property Management for 16 years, but left the industry at the time of the real estate bubble to go back to college. 

It worked out great and he paid almost my whole mortgage then we split the utilities. 

Their portion of the rent is $115 a month as well as utilities. 

I get a lot of newbies asking me what are the key ingredients in being successful in the real estate industry.

But for now, I am willing to do whatever it takes to thrive and kill, not literally, in this industry.

I am a UT graduate working in the tech industry now with the hopes to break into the real estate investing industry.

THEN utilize the VA Loan and move into it and live in it for a year....FHA will NOT loan to you if you already own property within 100 miles so utilize an FHA Loan first.2 or 3 years later you may be able to refi or restructure the FHA Loan to get rid of the PMI if you get enough equity in it as well.

The guests interviewed, cover just about every single niche in the real estate industry.

Tenants are usually more conservative with the utilities when they have to pay.