taxes, water, sewer.I have been approaching HML with these number and they all say its great but they want to see me build experience.

Alzheimers research donations (thanks to those that have purchased my Book) and filters purchased through a Christian organization to provide clean water generated for Haiti.I've been extremely blessed and lucky while trying to be "mostly" a good steward of what god has given to me.

I would need the tenants to cover heating and electricity, but I could probably do water/trash/lawn.

Water heaters, laundry, irrigation, outside lighting etc?

Just be careful with property tax and insurance costs and make sure those don't blow you out of the cash flow water.

We closed on 4/7.It took my guys just over 3 weeks, to add an unofficial 3rd bedroom, paint the place head to toe, redo half the flooring (home depot allure flooring at $.99 i'm a huge fan), take care of a bunch of exterior maintenance issues, put in new appliances, do some minor kitchen work, replace the hot water heater, couple of other small things.

And maybe you had to get the power on to show the house and water on for the work you're doing. there's about $20 per month over the course of a year.I am assuming there are monthly costs of almost $300 in addition to the M,T, and I that you mentioned being $690 currently.

If you disqualify them prematurely or without documentation you can get in hot water if they claim you turned them down for the wrong reasons.

Yeah, I'm afraid you should have thought of this before, but it's water under the bridge now.

You could also create a larger planter in the front yard by eliminating a lot of the grass (maintenance), edging the new space with pavers that match your trim and planting some low maint. low water use species that would add color to the place.