Weather and affordability are usually the driving factors.As you pinpoint places to invest in Florida I would also consider areas like West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Cape Coral, Sarasota, and even Tampa.

We ended up going with the Timberline HD Charcoal black shingles.

This monstrosity has no way that I can find to contact it to find out if there is anything I can do to expedite this or to even find out if my account fell into a black hole. 

But I'm not an inspector.It's a cape and the second floor isn't heated and is used for storage.

His son is a Judo black belt, his bedroom faces my back yard, and once caught someone trying to break into the house through the back.

I have had sick cats in the past and am familiar with black lights to find it, but the best results I had were when I re-shellacked my floors (which is what was originally on my floors anyway).

I bought an online real estate pre-license course on Black Friday 2017 and passed my state exam 2/9/18. 

@Wendy Black You can re-finance and get your equity out of the property.

If anyone is familiar with massachusetts, the areas vary widely- cape cod, new bedford, taunton, south shore, and of course boston itself (out of my league d/t price) are all much different in price/rent ratio, schools, crime, etc... what are the things that matter most to you and influence your decisions when looking into different markets?

I know I am a 3rd degree black belt.