Find out what the owner & tenants are each paying for: Trash, water, sewer, bugs, utilities, maintenance (age of roof's & ac's) etc.  

Are there any good way to ensure renters are watering the foundation to prevent foundation problems?  

If a water heater goes out on a Saturday evening and you have to get one installed on Sunday in the middle of winter so they can have hot water you need to have enough in escrow to cover this. 

Capped water/sewer from a previous owner, and occasionally used for storage..

The house is in good condition except for water damage in the basement.

Tenant pays all utilities including water, lawn maintenance and snow removal.

The power and water to property also got cut off due to lack of payment.

I have been listening to the podcasts and stalking the site, now it is time for me to jump into the BP waters.

I realize you can lead a horse to water, but my theory is that if If just 1 in 100 tenants listen or read these books and help their financial situation, it may reduce my turnovers and cost of turnovers.I'm curious as to if anyone has tried this or something similar in their welcome package.

The problem is all of the mortar joints are in bad shape and there are holes and failures allowing water to get in.