Utilizing the upcoming world games as a predictive expectations of the local economy is a great way to look at the potential growth of the investment.

That's my prediction. 

I predict this month is going to be different.I haven't decided yet.

It's a stable C class rental market with plenty of job growth predicted. 

Today when bringing up the fact that the renovation of the 5 year vacant adjacent property (our project) was increasing her property value by north of $10,000, that was met with a predictable 'Don't act like you are doing us any favors!'.

Expenses will fluctuate but if you ask for the last months utility bills you should be able to get a good idea of the predictable expenses like that.

Initial cash flow alone does not always predict future total profits we can understand. 

Unless you're the accountant type by nature, that sort of thing will not only drive you batty, it's unlikely to have any actual predictive value.

I understand that we can't predict exactly how quickly the prime rate will go up over the next five years, and that changes in the rate could change the price of each loan significantly -  what I'm looking for here is the formula that I can use to figure this out for several scenarios, and the thing that's throwing me off is not knowing how to calculate total costs under the scenario of a promotional rate that expires.Thanks in advance!

While we can't always be right in predicting the behavior of our tenants, there are indicators which will be correct a high percentage of time.