I started the business from scratch 3 years ago and it has increasing profits YOY.

With Utitltity costs constantly on the rise the deregulated supply markets offer a way to budget and increase cash flow IF done correctly. 

Thomas, I get your goal of wanting to be creative to increase your equity, however, all the responses point to your method as being potentially problematic.

There is an increase of 5% if I stay MTM but can they charge me a fee on top of that?

Subsequently, you want to write where this is and maybe someone with knowledge of that state can give you more info. 

It’s interesting that you use the tax bill as a cause for the recession NOT to hit - many people blame the tax bill and subsequent increase in rates as an indicator that prices WILL drop 

They become increasingly convinced that it will actually work!

These tenants had been in place for 3 years without a rent increase, and the unit was well under market.

Is it still limited to the max 10% per year increase? 

Finding the houses or how to allocate my cash isn't my question today.My question is, instead of just buying 3 of these 60k houses outright in cash and not being able to use leverage, I would obviously prefer to get loans and use leverage in order to increase my cash on cash return.