I am becoming more confused as to what I should do, and I do not want to make a bad move and then limit myself in the future to buy another property if I eat up the equity in my first home, and then do not have a ton of equity in the multifamily. 

Chapter 6: Save $1,000 Fast: Wall before you Run Eating an elephant, like losing weight, requires doing small steps with vigor.

You do not want dead equity lowering your ROI or eating into your true cash flow numbers.As for the metering I would definatly opt for all separate meters.

Easier under your name... but cash outs eat up a lot of equity if you didn't get good appreciation.b.

Advice on how to landlord out of state especially part time - eventually I would look into property management but if I were to purchase 1 property to start off, it would eat right into my entire returns3.

For example, my partners were handling an emergency at one of our flips earlier today (security alarm went off) while I was eating lunch and playing with my daughter. 

I just moved to Missouri and am interested in the Saint Louis marketplace (and where to get a good bite to eat, lol).

Also trying to get healthier and when I eat salads I get skinnier.

Also,  that he will sue me if I take it out of his deposit when he leaves.My reading of the lease says otherwise,  but I think I'm better off just letting this guy go (he's a PITA anyway) and eating the $600.  

Back in the day- 2010-2012ish -a lot of turnkey providers in the really hot markets were harder up about wanting to do cash deals just because there were so many cash buyers eating everything up that it was a waste of their time to deal with financing.