Bigger Pockets paid subscription, gas to travel to see properties and contacts, and possibly money for a down payment if you're able to get a property under contract with a seller, i hope my opinion can help you a bit, happy investing!

@David Holt @Sam Craven I am moving back to Houston this summer (lived there from 2010-2012) I recently quit my job in oil & gas to focus full time on my real estate investing. 

I very clearly stated in the original post that I immediately went to the property, had the fire dept come out and test it, they said there was no CO cause the furnace wasn't running, and I cut power and gas to the furnace so that it wasn't able to be run.

I know what its like to be struggling for survival... to cut cable, home phone and internet, have to go to the library for internet access, live on cheap bread, tuna and peanut butter, keep thermostat at 55 in the winter to save fuel, cutting copper out of an old schoolhouse to buy gas to get to work, buying clothe at salvation army.

None of the experts in those threads has any more gas to post a single more word

Maybe not directly but they'll shut off the gas to the house.

If half of the 24 units I own paid late, and I charged 10 per day, thats 120 dollars a day, but then the cost of gas to drive to each property, where and tear on your car, and just the hours wasted of your time that could be used on other money making endeavors, makes hand collection of rent poor use of your time.Thats why I'd rather collect rent online.

My personal experience is that I just switched from propane gas to natural gas on my own residence this past fall for about $3.5k and It's AMAZING.

When I originally inquired about getting gas to the house and a meter put in they told me up to 2 months.

I know people who have converted from gas to electric baseboard heat.