"All inclusive" is a marketing tool.If I had good utility usage history from the utility company (2 years) and could see predictable patterns, I'd use them in my cash flow calculations and wouldn't have any trouble making an offer on such a property.

Also, I would suggest taking extra caution with our local wholesaler community, I think Columbus' thriving market is bringing out some pretty bad patterns.  

After going through all the replies to this post, it seems to be a recurring pattern that people start here to achieve financial independence only to learn that RE investing offers such a plethora of ways to make a living that can appeal to all types of personalities (introverted, extroverted, narcissistic, obsessive-compulsive *haha) and in the end they find they would prefer to continue down the RE path.I wouldn't say so much that people here on BP get 'stuck in the cycle' as much as people here on BP end up discovering something about RE that they are truly passionate about - it's a beautiful thing! 

There is a pattern of people with little experience or money or credit (lot's of 18 year olds wanting to buy apartment complexes as soon as they turn 18 in this thread) who have more ambition than strategy.

So while population patterns matter, it's the underlying WHY to those population results that matter by far most, population #'s are more just a result of those why's, and it's those why's that will say if it's an inclining potential, declining, or lateral.

This fact pattern just went sideways.

When I was a property manager in Little Rock, Pulaski County usually needed the tenant to be 30+ days in arrears (could be adjusted for a pattern of delinquency).

It's similar to owning one equity (stock) of a company vs. an index fund - over time, averages (expectations of risk and return) start to appear in the form of patterns, but there's always the risk that a turnkey, or non-turnkey property won't perform as expected.

If you scour a number of the videos, you should see that pattern hold up throughout.  

I've read interesting studies that point to our population migration patterns pointing to slightly greater persons moving to the area than from it.