These bills are "expenses" to an investor since they come back in the form of rent payments (with bonus money attached).In the end, this also shows the lie of your home being your greatest investment...it's not.  

You also get the added bonus of not paying taxes on gains as long as you live there for two years.

Ultimately, I see myself investing not necessarily for cash flow (although that would be a bonus) but more so for appreciation where I can then sell it closer to retirement.  

Bonus is my lease states if they break the lease they loose the deposit and I would include the extra 600.  

For an added bonus, if you can house hack your primary, even better.  

A bonus in Ohio is that you will currently get a Small Business Tax Deduction on your state taxes, for up to 75% of the first $250,000 in business income you report on your Ohio personal income tax.

Especially if you have savings as insurance.The bonus of heloc, is that you can write it off.Go for it

The Airbnb is treated like a business and allows you bonus depreciation if you spend more time than anyone else "materially participating" in the property.

My thought was that I've had other properties that had one meter so the rent was a little more, but all utilities included and it appeared to be a nice signing bonus for tenants.

Most of this was possible because I made a career change that was bonus oriented and really focused on how to master sales.1) We balance transferred 80% of it to interest free cards for the next 12 months with a very low fee2) We created a budget that was realistic and allowed us to still have fun as we are very social people 3) I worked every hour possible without sacrificing our time together 4) No money was to go into savings until everything was paid.With our plan we were able to pay off all of our debt in about 10 months while still maintaining a life style that we enjoyed.