The PAR lease is basically neutral - leasing agent and tenant agent are both real estate agents that PAR serves; and I want a lease that is as lopsided in my favor as I can get away with.

I want a nice neutral color that will match the paint and flooring and help spruce things up. 

I would almost be willing to be cash flow neutral on another property if I knew that rent increase and the type of appreciation that the area is seeing right now would continue.

However, the market would suggest that we will continue to see appreciation here and you can find property with a slight cashflow, cashflow neutral or slightly negative and just hold while rents increase, property values increase, and let inflation do its thing. 

@Miles Stanley you can still hook the 3 prong outlets up to a hot and neutral without the ground.

Remember, the goal of house hacking is to reduce your housing costsThe property must be cash flow neutral or cash flow positive at the current rents if you were to never move in.

I've worked with companies in the past that didn't have any reviews online so I figured they were neutral.

As a transaction broker we are not supposed to work for either party in a transaction at any time, yet remain completely neutral.

I have calculated the ROIs of a buying a rental property versus simply buying into the SP500 and sitting back for 30 years.Rental Property Analysis:Initial Cash investment - $45,000Purchase price of $200,000 on 20 year termCash Flow neutral for loan term of 20 years.Cash Flow positive for remaining 10 years. 30 Year Approximate Net Profit = $110,000 Cash Flow + $300,000 EquityROI = ($410k / $45k) or 911%Stock Market Analysis:Initial Cash investment - $45,000Purchase shares in SP500 Index Fund30 Year Approximate Net Profit assuming 10% growth rate = $847,683ROI = ($847,683 / $45k) or 1883%Am I missing something?

Since money is at the root of this conversation, few people with skin in the game are neutral.