Personally I don't want to have any excess consumer debt, but understand the necessity to use debt to leverage asset purchases.My two centsDon

Despite the allure of transferring utility rate risk to tenants, I still think the primary focus should be overall building fuel usage.

Hoarders, sewer back ups, excessive cats, crack houses, and on and on.  

Closing costs in the $6k range which I thought was excessive.

Also, Giant Eagle offers fuel perks which if you spend enough, will get you free gas.

My company has returned annual net returns in excess of 20% for our passive investors over the last 6 years by investing in the markets I mentioned above, taking a boots to the ground approach, and utilizing a team that has billions of $ in real estate transnational experience. 

., my understanding is that the Vancouver Realtors who were really up to shady stuff, were assigning deals which had been entered into in bad faith, and without full disclosure to the sellers, than: 1- The Realtor stood to benefit in excess of his/her commission; 2- The Seller had the right (and should have been encouraged) to have his/her own Real Estate representation before entering into a deal.

@Matthew Irish-Jones it surprised me and sounded excessive to me, too.

You cannot keep their excess prepaid rent and move another tenant in.

I now have 150 + paid for doors and an annual rental income in excess of 1.8 million dollars.Times are different, but the strategy remains.