The branding goes to that endeavor, that business goal.Break down your operation and look to the target market, who do you serve?

Here's one that most people miss....The IRS requires you to have a DOOR on your home office in order to expense the proportionate amount of your household operational expenses against your business.  

I couldn't operate my business like that and take 2 month vacations to remote areas of the world, and I don't think you need to operate your business like that either.

For the sake of the discussion, I'm thinking about big houses like Century 21, Long & Foster, and Keller/Williams, though I'd be interested to know if the process varies from the big guys to the smaller boutique operations.

The new Fujitsu XLTH Link operate down to -15f.

A large rental property may be operationally profitable, but until you have received 100% of your invested capital back, it's not profit.

My goals are to get a flip going within 3 months and to start building a rental property portfolio with quality management companies handling the day to day operations of them.

Operating Expenses $32,099 !

I'd think they would operate there.

Improving the comfort and efficiency of the building is part of the deal.That said, the bigger players in our area are not quite there yet - most still seem to operate under the mode of "unload utilities on tenants" to improve the bottom line.