I live in Mississippi and, after my review of the landlord-tenant laws, the tenants have abandoned the property because there are no utilities on.

What do you need a financial contact for if you're wholesaling and how do you plan to utilize them? 

Any other house utilities?

Further, I would not adjust rent until I knew what the utility bills were and unless I was getting consistent complaints about cost.

I give the option of paying an early termination fee a d walking away clean, or she remains responsible for rent and utilities until a qualified replacement tenant takes over.100 years ago, people would lose multiple children, spouses, parents, it other relatives, yet they still lived in the same home for decades.

I utilized my military benefits (VA Loan) How did you add value to the deal?

Are you including all costs (capX, repairs, utilities, cable/internet, etc.)? 

@Kyle Curtin I'm speaking from a completely different market prospective (OKC is VERY insulated to recession so holding rent rates and property value through even a steep economic downturn is pretty safe to bet on) but if I had to choose between building equity myself via a SFH owner ocupant mortgage or not building equity at all via renting or utilizing a tenant to help pay down my mortgage,  I would absolutely utilize a tenant.

What is your initial analysis tell you about acquisition costs, daily/rental rates, occupancy rates, and (in the case of student housing) how most other student rentals are operated (by the room, 9 or 12 months out of the year, with or without utilities included)? 

IE, taxes, utilities, insurance etc...