No one has abused the policy as the only residents who've activated it have done so during a period of their own hardship (e.g.

I believe we are in for a very active real estate environment.

Some deals just "work" from day 1 and everything falls into place.Others don't work out no matter what you do.I've done hundreds of them in my local market and would only sell if it was one of those doozy type deals.Funny thing is, a property I own next door might be fine.But for whatever reason the cursed property just isn't lol.If you are wanting to use the equity, then use it to "Gung Ho" and full time.Meaning, don't buy turnkey and use the capital to buy, fix and flip instead.Money makes money and being very hands on and active, you can get to where you want to be quicker.Just my opinion.Thanks 

@Patrick Schwebke Yellowbird (local JAX company) has a facebook group that's very active and I think has monthly meetups, or at least they used to.

So what you need to look at is what are active flippers paying for properties, and what are they paying to rehab them.

Ref:  Active Energy Account?

Lots of activity here. 

I'd be happy breaking even just to get the equity on a building, especially since I'm currently renting - aka giving my landlord wads of cash every month to buy new sports cars. 

Agents may also have macro data on historical data, local median sale prices, absorption rate, etc to help with your analyses and projections.Networking/build a team: Attend local meetups, virtual meetups and stay active on forums like this.A lot of this will be done in front of a PC unfortunately but if you cut out the noise, you'll be able to maximize your time.Lastly, something that has helped me tremendously with respect to focus and improving efficiency is the pommodor technique. 

You can check their insurance coverage, any active lawsuits they have, their workers comp rate (how safe they are on the job site), and other metrics.