So I’ve been reading about all of the expenses I should be taking out of the rent I receive to determine my pure cash flow.

, I'll buy you a drink.)All the best,G 

Safe to say, I think I've matured enough that I'm ready to drink the Kool-Aid. :)I've always been pretty frugal and invested heavily, especially for my age.

Nor how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.I am talking about the pure and simple mechanics of so-call cash-flow real estate investing.

I think everyone has dreams of sitting on a beach drinking Mia Tais or living in a white house with a picket fence without a care in the world.

"Too cheap" is a purely subjective term. 

This is largely due to the location and pure amount of multi-family properties. 

Purely looking from an investment standpoint and not planning to use it for vacation purposes any time soon. 

My first pure investment/rental property was during a depression in my area and I had just spent a few months looking at real estate, nearly every third house was for sale on many blocks. 

That means I have recovered all of my cost and from that moment forward, the CF is pure profit.  2 - When the appreciated equity is equal to the paid for equity (DP).