Does anyone know if utilities are excluded from the rent control ? 

Usually excludes theft.

Of course I am excluding people like lenders, your family, etc. 

In fact, lots of experts are saying that the housing market should largely be excluded from the coming collapse, because it is not the reason the economy is struggling, as was the case in 2009.

Plus military are excluded from capital gain if they lived in a home in the last ten when they sell.

The maximum number of financed properties that are permitted is based on the underwriting method, as described later in this topic.The financed property limitapplies to the number of one- to four-unit residential properties where the borrower is personally obligated on the mortgage(s), even if the monthly housing expense is excluded from the borrower’s DTI in accordance with B3-6-05, Monthly Debt Obligations (01/30/2018);applies to the total number of properties financed, not to the number of mortgages on the property or the number of mortgages sold to Fannie Mae;includes the borrower’s principal residence if it is financed; andis cumulative for all borrowers (though jointly financed properties are only counted once).The following property types are not subject to these limitations, even if the borrower is personally obligated on a mortgage on the property:commercial real estate,multifamily property consisting of more than four units,ownership in a timeshare,ownership of a vacant lot (residential or commercial), orownership of a manufactured home on a leasehold estate not titled as real property (chattel lien on the home).Examples — Counting Financed PropertiesThe borrower is personally obligated on mortgages securing two investment properties and the co-borrower is personally obligated on mortgages securing three other investment properties, and they are jointly obligated on their principal residence mortgage.

I have been pivoting from value to cash flow plays (while always adding value).If we are not selling properties, it is the same as buying them at today's prices (excluding the impact of mortgage rate changes). 

I wish all the rah rah I bought one and love it (excluding Jay and Cody who can obviously afford them) had to declare their payment and working for money status.  

Landlords that do not allow them exclude a lot of applicants. 

Within the MSA, the cheap houses are to be had in four distinct locations: within the urban slums of the actual city, within the urban and suburban slums of the surrounding municipalities of Allegheny County, the limits of Allegheny County, and finally, in the surrounding counties, excluding $$$ pockets with strong school districts and a few purpose-built tax-haven bedroom communities just over the Allegheny County line (Cranberry Township in Butler County, where my brother lives).My target area for those $30K properties is just outside the southeastern limits of the city, which actually used to be very prosperous when the steelmills were running.