I purchased the building for $430,000, other investors reached out telling me I overpaid, but didn't realize my building rent roll once occupied would be $7,300 instead of the  $5,200 they underwrote sitting behind their computer screen.

I haven't seen the City crack down on unpermitted work with regards to a LTR rental license but that doesn't mean it won't be an issue some day.

But about 1 year after we bought the property, they started cracking down on the homeless in downtown Jacksonville moving the crime to the neighborhoods just outside of Jacksonville.

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They are better at screening and keep out the trouble-makers that don't pay or trash the property.

Go to BUILD YOUR TEAM at the top of the screen and look for local investors or meetups in your area.

Go to BUILD YOUR TEAM at the top of the screen and look for local investors or meetups in your area.

We embrace S8 applicants, but screen them just like any other applicant.Many have an entitlement mentality and try to leverage their S8 voucher by pretending to be helpless:1) A percentage won't apply because they expect a landlord to waive application fees for them.2) Many cry broke and expect a landlord NOT to charge them a security deposit.3) Many of those same S8 tenants trying to avoid paying a security deposit, won't make an effort to call the list of nonprofits we send them that will pay their security deposit if they apply.4) A lot of them try to avoid paying for utilities.

I recommend you search for "tenant application screening" to find a few different options and see which one will work best for you.Here's some generic screening advice.

But if you do have a house that sits in expansive soils and are susceptible to shrinking and expanding they can put pressure on the basement walls (exacerbated by frost/thaw cycles) and cause them to crack horizontally.