The other thing I have done in the past is held this money in my cash position within my brokerage account with it not invested. 

They cash flow positive and are in a good area.

The primary metric you should be focusing on is return on your equity position.

she was rushed taking off from work, with the sellers and everyone there, and not in a position to read everything let alone negotiate a change of closing paperwork. 

Being dog friendly has definitely been a positive for me.

If positive, it's generally treated like income or offsets the liability for that property to $0; this is highly dependent on the circumstances.

Quote from @Jinglei Shen: I am building my investment portfolio(duplex) in Ohio Cleveland, a few properties i have analyzed  with net cashflow  around $100 to $290 here is one deal I am analyzingDuplex generates $1590 income /month together,purchase price $123,000rate 7.5%, downpayment 25%5% vacancy, 10% mgm fee, $1400/year insurance,10% capex, 5% maintenance,COC is 8.73%monthly net cash $277this deal meets1% rule, bring in positive cash, my question is it in normal range in Ohio Cleveland market? 

You're in a great position, but using the wrong type of financing in the beginning could impede the growth of your portfolio.All the bestStephanie

I know that my COC my be lower, etc but my main concern since its my first property is being cash flow positive.  

The strategy is to buy and hold with positive cashflow.