But I'll take a tall white hot chocolate or hot apple cider from Starbucks almost anyday!!

For me, I was hooked when I watched my first position (Apple) turn positive; however I always had one issue with investing in stocks as a profession: I did not feel I was adding any value to the community around me.

Sales and management is apples and oranges. 

Otherwise, you make a TON of assumptions on operating expenses that are almost never apples to apples.

That helps you to get bids that are apples to apples for comparison purposes.3.

I'd like to use a general form that I can present to all contractors during the biding process that way when all bids are in I can compare apples to apples and find out who is actually giving me a deal.

Here in Pittsburgh new investments by Google, Apple, Facebook and Autodesk is a true testament to the growing infrastructure here.

It's not a fair apples to apples comparison. 

Which phone platform do you use (apple or android)?

.$53k profit on $81k cash invested is 65% in 3 months.Apples to apples, had I used all my own money, my profit would have been $60k on $306k invested for a 19.6% return in 90 days.Other deal I just posted about in another thread:$250k acquisition, $15k rehab, sell at $409k, $30k re-sell/hold costs, $10k eviction or cash for keys, profit of $104k.