If you are going to have multiple agents then at least make sure they work different areas and aren't eating each other out of a living.

If people are complaining about CAPEX, repairs, and vacancies eating up their cash flows, they weren't budgeting properly for expenses that EVERY rental has. 

When you have 10, 20, 50 houses, replacement cost will eat you alive.

, and it looks like I'm starting off 2015 by finally putting into action all the REI I've been eating, sleeping & breathing for the past two & a half years.

Hold on to it for 5-10 years and get into the green on the deal would be my suggestion.

@Bob Green might be able to help.  

But I'm also very green and at this point I'm just using common sense and 32 years of living experience.

Then for landscaping, choose some more dark green bushes or bright green, like boxwoods or something of that nature.

What I do is if the location is right, the conditional property is right, the layout of the property is right, the existing financing payments are right, and the attitude of the sellers are right, then my job is to put together the deal structure that works for me, and I basically give the project the green light.

Eat, make the house payment, pay bills, pay for fuel for our personal vehicles, go on vacation, go snowboarding, etc, etc, etc.