@Julie Greene  Good to know!

The green projected profit at the top is based upon your 150 days, which is the very bottom piece of detail in the report (left side).What it doesn't do is show you a total of your holding costs for those 150 days, but it is deducted from the net profit model. 

ThanksColin Green

@Julie Greene and @Charmaine M

@Shawn Green  Thank you, glad to be here!

This is the sheet provided by the REA on a property that I'm looking at:Rent 11 Units $106,980.00Laundery "average $240/month" $2,880.00Paid Parking $960.00Total $110,820.00Property Insurance $2,100.00Garbage (Waste Management) $2,568.00Cleaning Service (Simply Green) $2,280.00Property Tax $11,868.00Water Bill $2,100.00Gas $4,740.00Electric $900.00Management "See Note below" $1,500.00Snow Plow $800.00Grounds Keeping $600.00Maintance $1,200.00Total $30,656.00NOI: (Annual) $80,164.00Tenants pay rent online.

Or in your case it would cost you $20k to get $8k more on the appraisal, if it works out the same, meaning a net loss of $12k.On the other hand, if I buy a house that already has a green pool I have always come out ahead.

I have a property at the end of a dead end street.We have three waste carts, recycle cart is blue, yard waste cart green, regular trash cart black.On the dead end we have my SFH rental, a triplex (which I have a contract on), a five building compound along the river, and two other SFHs.  

They may be too green or too desperate - both of which are not good for you (as a newbie investor) and your money.

Do not let your smart phone be too much of a distraction, especially when your attention is needed most such as when you're approaching a house.A pleasant attitude and demeanor will go a long way towards soothing and calming people that might get upset.