In a building with 5 apartments, where the average monthly water, sewer, and trash (W/S/T) costs run $75 a month which is about our average, that would equal $375 each month and $4,500 a year.

Run into too many investors that are unable or unwilling to pay the taxes.That's the quick and dirty. 

I just rented out my first door in TN after we moved away.

Running the numbers looks promising. 

Your goal is to reduce the amount of work your customer has to do to get this up and running and make the upfront cost as low as possible. 

Since you have capital just be the one making the first loan much safer in the long run.

When looking at a specific property run projections and a proforma for both. 

Hey Eskat, I don't know much about the Phoenix market but I'm an expert in Detroit.I personally own 14-doors there (from California) and am extremely active in the market outside my own investing.  

Cleaner sees something running low, she goes to walmart and buys more then sends us a photo of the receipt. 2.

My partners and I run a Real Estate meetup every month here in Tampa.