I took care of his father's property shoveling his snow, and just talking to him and his wife.

If they share an entrance ask one of them to shovel the snow and take a few bucks off the rent. 

It's nothing I could have imagined when I started shoveling holes at age 15.

Hi @Joshua Kleiman, as someone who has been investing in tax liens and deeds for a little while now, just to give you a heads up, online auctions-specifically FL are INCREDIBLY competitive- ESPECIALLY Miami area. 

Were you essentially fixing the house and making the farm shovel/seed ready?

If someone slips and falls on your property, you could have JUST shoveled, ice melted, used a hair dryer and laid a non slip mat right in front of the step your tenant took before the slip.

If I determine that they don't meet the 3.5 times rent in gross income, or they've been evicted, or if they can't see themselves renting a place where they have to shovel their own steps, or they aren't willing to provide a fridge, or if they simply refuse to answer my questions, we're done in 10 minutes over the phone and both parties save the time of doing a showing.In theory, I like the idea of open-house group showings.

@Arturo Gouro what areas of FL are looking to purchase?

One tenant opted to move out and i got a new tenant a month later for more than what i was going to raise on the old tenant. the other tenant decided to stay and i came down $100 a month for him to be responsible for taking out the garbage and shoveling the snow over the winter. 

NV, TX, DE, WY, even AZ and FL are stepping it up.