Set your focus on the big picture and visualize yourself 3 years from now and what your real estate journey might look like.

You may be able to recoup some of the utilities this way.For sure-- I'm assuming that a lower rent will (visually) attract more potential tenants-- so if we advertised, for example, $500/mo rent plus $50 utility fee, more people would include it as a possibility than if we advertised it at $550. 

The examples of “a small corner of Utah, less than a county, etc.” are just meant as a visualization to demonstrate how much square mileage of solar panels it would take to power the country and demonstrate that in terms of producing enough electricity from solar to meet our energy needs, it’s entirely possible and would take up a relatively small percentage of our available land.

Ah yes, you definitely should hit up Gazebo Gardens, right at Shields and Van Ness.

Youve got an hour or two with an inspector who is a generalist, not a specialist, to identify problems they can visually see at that moment in time.

I went through the sold properties in the immediate neighborhood, and looked not just at $ and square footage, but, using the photos on Zillow, ballparked the property's visual appeal.

I will post the videos here on BP if you all want me to at least.To make sure we do not make mistakes during the flip, we also use a 3D floorplan designer to visualize the actual end result of the flip.

It can be hard for people to visualize what it looks like completed, but as long as the property is presentable, it is harmless to try.

If the tenant suspects mold, I'll visually inspect and try to confirm.

Regarding calculations, it is far easier for you to play with the calculators above under the "Tools" tab, and the webinars that you should be getting via email include a couple great ones that cover CoC and ROI hardcore with visual learning, better than a back and forth will.