A mentor will be invaluable in helping you navigate floor plans, budgets, and the logistics of permits and inspections specific to certain areas.

Orlando is very competitive, therefore you have to provide an extremely clean, themed out home with close proximity to the parks in a community that also offers great resort amenities. 

Renovating everything, floors, bathrooms bringing it up to the new living standard.

We're currently paying for lawn care, snow removal and cleaning services + husband is doing some of their home maintenance himself.

Thank you Ned, that is exactly right, we actually check a condo/townhouse about 2 weeks ago, the thing was a condo with a basement, I cannot tell if it was a condo or townhome, anyway, the ceiling in the first floor was bowing, the 2nd floor, one of the bedroom was sinking, could not tell how this damage was done but the walls came apart from the floor, you could see the roof of the unit bowing inwards towards the structure a bit, and their "general contractor" estimate that for 5k they could straighten the property and level everything, even 1 window and 1 door looked so uneven that you would think  there was something wrong with your eyes...5k for structural damage, good luck with that one, we ran as far as we could from that....but we have seen they do inflate their ARV, since we learned the hard way , we go through these deals with a magnifying glass, I knew I was not so picky, numbers do not lie.Another thing that caught my attention, which I do not know if I am overly suspicious now that I am older, but they want to get the closing for us at the same time/day they are getting the property from whoever they buying it, which it seems to me they try to save on the closing by having a "dual" closing when in reality is just 1 closing and we are the one paying for it...I do not know there are few things that do not click right with this folks.

If it is brownfield and you're going to clean it up, they might talk.If it is just kind of a run of the mill deal, I don't think you get any break on taxes. 

You'll want to have an idea of how you handle utilities, and I've heard of the owner covering a weekly house cleaning to keep the peace sort of thing.  

Also, a freshly cleaned and nice-smelling home makes a great first impression!

As we flipped this ourselves from the roof to the flooring, we gained much respect to labor workers and realized even the tidiest things such as changing the outlet covers and installing new plumbing will take up a lot of time!

We charge a pet fee for visiting pets that is at the high end of boarding cost and at move out we charge to have HVAC professionally cleaned and carpets professionally cleaned (many of our units do not have any carpet) to place unit back in animal free state (many people are allergic to pet dander).