The house meter is for consumption not specific to the individual units...such as exterior lights, power to the washer and dryer, sprinkler system, outside hosebib etc...If existing water lines are behind walls, under slab, it is going to be impossible.Also, if you separate electric but not water, and your water heater is electric, make sure you are not supplying hot water to unit B on a branch of a line powered by unit A's electric.

Another option if you decide to do this is to look for an existing business on www.bizbuysell.comThis is Loopnets sister site for selling businesses.

I soon found out that they are not all that sexy and returns are near non-existent!

I can't really go into detail about those scores because I do not enough about them, but know that they exist.

While there is a reliance on 'welfare' or entitlement still exists (to a large degree), I wouldn't discount the area as a whole as it seemingly has done better than the 'hot' markets during the downturn...I do understand Syracuse (and Buffalo) aren't doing as well as Rochester overall but I think even Syracuse has ranked high on the rent to returns chart, probably due to the welfare nature as well. 

Long existing trade lines are always good first line of defense in review.  

I do believe this to be a problem. however, there exists a phrase I am a fan of...nobody wins a war, aka...he files suit, who wins??

I bought a 4-plex back in December where I've now had to evict 3 of the existing tenants.

Las Vegas city health department advised me they had multiple dealings with the previous owner and had instructed him to fix the plumbing problem.It seems undeniable that the owner was fully aware of the existence and severity of the plumbing problems.If 'the problem has been fixed' as is stated in the SPD, then can we have receipts to show this?

Take some existing wholesalers out to lunch to pick their brains.