I am hoping to get two or three properties this way to start my land lording career and continuing to grow as I learn how best to manage tenants and workloads.

Usually the water/sewer is going to be paid by the landlord unless the units are separate buildings AND separately metered by the city.

I have 1 deal under my belt: a 2-homes-1-lot in which I have lived in 1 home and landlorded the 2nd one for the past 2 years.

Sounds like you want to be a landlord, and you might want to move into the property at some point.

Aime,I actually prefer being a landlord for the recurring income stream.

Travis Fisher alot of military landlords take payment that way because they have it set up as an allotment.

Here's some more reading on it:http://www.ghmc.org/ui_evictions.asphttp://www.toledohousingcourt.org/landlords/landlord_eviction_process.pdf

I highly recommend:"How I Turned $1,000 into Five Million in Real Estate" by William Nickerson"Landlording" by Leigh Robinson (it is the best selling LL book of all time)"Buy and Hold Forever" by David Schumacher and Steve DexterI recently read Rich Weese's book and liked it a lot.The Flip book was average at best.

My current property managers all send me listings that current landlords are selling.5) When looking for maintaining the property, only look at highly rated/accredited GCs or Property Managers.I have found that the GC or PMs that come with higher ratings, come with a higher price tag, but you get the quality you want.

Are these landlords?