Measure your own blinds, count up your privacy/passage, your knobs/pulls for cabinets, toilets, main ceiling (is it a flush or a drop down?

Trust in others must be very carefully measured.

The Speed Shop’s income statement for the first year would look like this: Income $78,000 Expenses Mortgage Payments Net of Principal -$27,940 Taxes -$ 7,200 Operating Expenses -$37,500 Depreciation -$17,308 Total Expenses $89,948 Net Loss $11,948 The landlord feels none of this net loss, because it is delivered in large measure by the non-cash depreciation expense.

Due Diligence: The legal definition: a measure of prudence, activity or assiduity, as is properly to be expected from, and ordinarily exercised by, a reasonable and prudent person under the particular circumstances.

That crowd, who comprises a large percentage of my own tenant base is the pinnacle of desirability in my opinion both from a financial risk standpoint to other measures.

After talking to a few (with some measurements) you will get a pretty good handle on estimating.

First check all the basics, do your own observations, measuring, etc.

However, they also started talking about goals toward the end of the podcast and they said some things that were contrary to what I understand as far as goal setting and accountability.The goal setting education that I am familiar with follows the SMART outline (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely).  

I'm a 29 year old hardwood flooring sub contractor who was stuck in the rat race far too long and have taken many measures now to exit post haste from the rat race.

But if its brick like ours was, you may want to go ahead and get some measurements of the windows.