Had to start from the beginning, daemon is giving me alot of red, just said 0 days behind, now its 5 days behind and my coins still not appearing. Total bummer.
0 days behind sounds good. Did you not type exit to stop hte daemon when you started from the beginning ? 5 days sounds like you had a 5 day old blockchain, synced it, then stopped the daemon without saving (exit will save, but closing the window it's running in will not).
Lots of red should be OK, though it depends on the actual messages. Wait them out.