You snowball plan has a very high success rate.

The houses are sold very cheap, however to fix them up, you are usually investing about $30k-$100k to make them livable. 

For markets that are "cheap" and provide cash flow on day one, there is a reason for this.

It's amazing how cheap it can get when you're paying physical cash and having your contractor pick it up at the warehouse.

Save...it takes a lot more money than most new investors believe (don't drink the Kool-aid that you can get in cheap) and residing outside the US will be seen as a substantial risk to most lenders which will limit your financing options. 

Whenever rates fall going to cash out refi again my Roger’s park 4 now getting close to 500k total profit off that one deal now. 

I heard but don't know the veracity of this claim, However FLA suffers from a lot of fraudulent claims there by also causing rates to be higher.. 

That was when the market was stabilized, rates were sub 4.5% and distressed properties actually sold for a significant discount.Today, distressed properties sell for a premium and cash out refi rates are over 8%. 

Currently there is that extremely thin, hard, cheap landlord carpeting (and also an area with cheap thin stick on hard tile squares). 

Renter's Insurance is a cheap date for the tenant; it protects their security deposit and assets.