Don't get caught in a fox in the henhouse scenario where the engineer is getting kickbacks on your dime. 

Have a rental house in Fox lake just started rehab.  

We just got a new location, its at the Fox and House at Northlake Mall, we'll get there around 6, network and order food until we start at 6:45. 

It turns out that when the property was originally parceled off from the old cotton farm it used to be, the old cotton farmer was as sly as a fox and put a Right of First Refusal on future sales in the deed.

@Justin Fox @John ThedfordHere, we see that although the plaintiff tenant admitted to owing the landlord $215, she was able to recover her reasonable attorney's fee and costs.Page 1208448 So.2d 1208Elvina DURENE, Petitioner,V.Ancel ALCEVIE, Respondent.No. 83-2410.District Court of Appeal of Florida,Third District.April 24, 1984.Page 1209"One court in Florida found that[...]defeated the landlord's claim against the security deposit and so required the landlord to give back the security deposit money (minus $215 which the plaintiff clearly admitted she owed) and assessed $500 in attorneys' fees and costs pursuant to the statute.Section 83.49(3)(c) clearly states that when a party is obligated to adjudicate his right to the security deposit and prevails, that party is entitled to costs and a reasonable fee for his attorney.

Justin Fox It's the same law of supply and demand.Rent control and law supply/demand are the only factors in my opinion. 98% of the time, there's always those exception, ie an owner of a house that rents 100k/mo will not be affected by any event, they won't drop prices because noone is renting.

@Kevin Fox Thank You for the mention! 

Unless you have a construction background, or have contacts in the trades, my advice would be to start slow with a couple of rentals.There are a couple of meetup groups that I personally attend, @Dana Chun runs one every month at the Richardson Fox and Hound, and @Nick Hughes runs one that meets at the Gingerman in Uptown.  

@Kevin Fox thank you for the welcome i will definitely get in touch with you look forward to networking !

@Kevin Fox sorry for the delayed reply.