look at ground up where land is less than 100k in South Florida and put two swelling units on it.

Be honest they'll figure out you are owner eventually, after all the information is public, best to start the relationship on solid ground.- Maintenance & Repairs: act quickly on any request, use the opportunity to upgrade, set expectations for the common areas.

Purchase price: $213,000 3 bedroom, two car garage, fiberglass in-ground swimming pool, 0.5 acres

The mobiles were tied to ground they own and had mortgages.

Only you can decide what's best for you, but for me a year usually feels like a good enough time to get a STR business off the ground.

You're certainly paying for the convenience of the turnkey aspect.To AJ's point, if you have an in with a local construction company or are there on the ground yourselves, then you may get a better return.

That is a long story but the summary was keeping engaged with the tenant kept a bad situation from becoming worse,   and eventually convinced them to move out.I don't disagree with standing your ground and holding the tenant responsible for paying for damage they caused,   but good luck getting a lump sum payment from any tenant,  especially a section 8 one.   

Eventually Carleton became his mentor and friend and helped him lay the ground work for where he is today.

Personally, my mortgage company provides me a ton of stress and my wife and I do ground up spec construction and flips, but I can't imagine adding rentals to that.

I mean with me being newer into the market and industry, I wanted to get my feet on the ground with local deals and local experience with a surrounding area and market I’m familiar with.