It’s unnecessary and potentially problematic to add the ex-partner to the title before the sale.

It has cost many people including myself a lot of unnecessary money and still is because you deal with the tax portion of opening unnecessary LLCs recommended by supposed professionals. 

While it’s common for PMs to switch utilities to avoid service interruptions, the mistake was not monitoring the usage or cutting power to unnecessary areas once the tenant overstayed.

Does anyone take this info into consideration when looking at a rental market or is such analysis unnecessary?

In that case, you’d typically need to file a legal challenge, which could involve going to court and showing that the restriction is unnecessary or unreasonable.The best advice I can give would be to consult a real estate attorney to understand your specific situation and options.

Just seems like unnecessary work.  

I believe the competitors are more expensive with unnecessary features.

However, unless you're doing this as part of a BRRRR strategy, you may end up paying closing costs twice and incurring unnecessary interest on the HELOC prior to refinancing.Additionally, conventional loans often have seasoning requirements of 6-12 months, while DSCR loans typically require only 3-6 months.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

There isn't enough information in here about the current state of the house to be able to advise you, but I would think #3 is a definite no as it seems unnecessary from a cost perspective although that market has scale to accept it.

I'm getting up there in age and feel like I'm getting a late start, so I'm looking to avoid any unnecessary steps along the way.