If you go seriously in the Eco world, houses can produce their own energy.  

It often seems impossible to escape during (and even before and after) regular business hours, so I'm not sure how I'd go about business on the real estate side.Right now, I'm rehabbing a duplex nights and weekends (my first property), but that's no fun... so just reaching out for ideas and advice from those of you who have "been there".

The bacteria produces a gas that smells like S, & it can certainly damage the resin bed in an ion exchange unit or produce a black slime that builds up inside the unit.

Though the homes are in great shape, I get calls regularly from these tenants for maintenance issues, asking to pay late on the rent, etc.When you finally do get someone who trashes the place, the extra rehab cost and the increased vacancy rate begins to erode your returns.

Either that or it's just regular BS!

I can look at this two ways - - 1) Having a dishwasher may open my tenant field and reduce vacancy time. 2) People that knowingly rent a property without a dishwasher are willing to do dishes, and therefore likely willing to do regular household maintenance?

To be honest, it never occured to me to check on utilities when a tenant moves out.Check that your locality is allowed to add liens to your property, if you had not been in possession of it when those charges occured.In Georgia utilities are not allowed to do it, but yhe water company does it routinely and will lie straight into your face until you produce the law.

I have a job that requires me to move somewhat regularly though so I don't have too much choice.

No terms has been mentioned in the lease agreement about cancelling within a week or month other than the regular Early Termination details.

Basic is just a regular user.