I would say on a typical 1500-2000 sf house, I would guess electricity to average $175-$250 per month year round, but could go from a low of $50 in winter to a high of $500 in the summer!

Still debating about what investment strategy would be the most successful and want a well rounded portfolio.

My question back would be can you afford the payments if the units are not occupied all year round?

It's one of those "round to it" aspects for me, I heard it was going gang busters and suspect it's pretty good, knowing J.

Trees are usually ok planted year round in some cold locations (ask your local nursery).

If anyone is wondering...I rounded the numbers for: taxes, sqft etc.

@MattDevincenzo I have made the rounds to local banks and have had a lot of success, but no one is willing to Heloc because it is not my primary residence.

By isolating the county property card field "Pkg Price" for each REIT bought property, I can conclude that they have paid roughly (the field "Pkg Price" is based on tax stamps so is a rounded amount) $26.4M for the property in Wake county they acquired.

(I am rounding these PITI) This also assumes the Seller takes only the $125k and doesn't want to push up to FMV.

They will know a few places where you can get a good deal.Regarding cost, the part I under-estimated for flooring was all the other stuff besides the floor - underlay, quarter round, transition pieces, and so on.