Hey everyone,I’m new to real estate investing and looking to learn from those with more experience in the Florida rental market.

[Click the image to see full size.]Real estate investing is for achieving financial independence.

In my case, I have residential rentals in one LLC, commercial properties in another, self-storage in a third, and my real estate company operates in a fourth.

Pending Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

I am interested in investing in something a bit more passive as I am getting older and, while I love the real estate asset class, I do recognize the need for multiple streams of income. 

If you want to offer a "rebate" of some kind after they stay up to date for certain amount of time, I'm more inclined to go that way, but in general theres no real good reason to put yourself as the owner in the middle of the utilities unless they aren't metered in a way to bill directly.  

I am newbie in real estate and I don't have much experience in real estate. 

Since this is my first real reno, I will do a good portion of the demo but will hire someone to do reno so I can watch and learn for future projects. 

The use of the accelerated depreciation strategy helps real estate investors to reduce the tax liability immediately which therefore increases their bottom line due to the offsetting of income.

I myself don't have a lot of appetite for risk which is why I started investing in real estate.