Jan/Feb, after the holidays, after the family has flown back to the East Coast, etc, is when they start getting ready, not when they actually list.Supply/demand more out of whack than usual, in the sellers' favor, for homes listed in January.I tell my January FTHB to chill and be patient, many lenders/realtors might not.

I recently took a look at a rental property that I wanted to buy...and it was in a state of utter disarray.

I think you need to chill on the state law monitoring LOL. 

If they want to chill the place down to 55 degrees, that's their right. 

It went south real quick.I was out of the country for a few months at the time, and I happened to enquire, "how is such and such property doing".......I was due home about two weeks later.Essentially she was in the process of evicting these tenants, who had been there 4 months, had no power for 2 months, the place was utterly wrecked, and in the Florida summer heat - they left the dead fridge full of food.Once she had them out, she saw the devestation. $500 4 month old fridge was so alive it practically walked itself to the right of way.

Some like to be constantly busy while others like to chill on a beach as much as possible.

i would like to get to a point where I can buy distressed properties and rehab them to be as close to net zero as I can make them.I rehabbed some with a family member a few years ago and really found it to be dirty and utterly enjoyable :).

With $1M cash in hand that you don't need, I'd focus on defense vs offense.Index fund and chill

If you understand what happens with cash flow these deals will give you chills.

If I had to select a pet peeve of property management, is the utter lack of timely response from tenants in either text message, email, or phone calls.