I also have a landlord account with the utility companies so I made sure to have it default into my name once tenants left.

You start getting into roof, structure, parking lot, utility lines, etc. it acts almost like a gross lease even though called a NN.

Once it's done, I have a partner to bring into the company and then we will need figure out our crystal clear criteria and where we want to take the company and how we will best be positioned to utilize OPM for future opportunities...On the coffee side, I really want to figure out a good metro area for a test.

Utilize the now open equity in Home 1 to leverage a new property.If I am thinking of this correctly wouldn't opening the HELOC on home 2 lower the tax liability on the sale of the home?

Purchase price: $44,000 Cash invested: $50,000 Converting a 4/2 into a duplex (2/1 each side)Medium rehab, most challenging aspect is separating the utilities, should rent $750-800 per side.

Thats reported similarly to a credit card in that if your utilization is a high ratio, that would create a negative.

Utilities?

Do you know what specific technique you would want to utilize?

Regional and even town-to-town differences in utility costs can be profound. 

Im looking for good areas to buy a Multifamily property to utilize the house hack strategy, then start to buy up SFHs.