Since Ohio Cashflow (OCF) was working in a less expensive market, I decided to do more research on them (them meaning Engelo Rumora) to see if there were any negative reviews / comments.Now Engelo REALLY puts himself out there and is all over the internet; I figured if there were ANY negatives somebody would have said something.

I can appreciate the fact that my experience/knowledge doesn't shine through on some internet forum, so I don't take offense to your comments.

You can use Real Estate Websites such as Zillow, Realtor.com, Redfin.com put in your search criteria and add Keywords such as "Motivated Seller," "Seller Financing," etc.

However, elsewhere on the internet, I had read that you could not rent your property completely, even if you lived more than 12 months.

These lists, if you're interested in trying them, are:- 75-100% equity with owners over 50 years old- tax delinquent- code violation...particularly overgrown or junky, multiple/long standing issues (this is a time/energy intensive list for me, hopefully your city's site is more user friendly)- recent arrests (sent out Wednesday, believe it or not I've already gotten a call back)Good luck!

You will want to dig much deeper than internet forums or even the sales reps at most self-directed firms to ensure you have a strategy that will produce results without unnecessary regulatory risk or too much administrative overhead.  

This is from a user stand point.

You can find this form on the BP file place here:https://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/kp1/file/...This way, you have info from BOTH the seller and the tenants and you can see if there are any differences in what the seller says vs. what the tenants say.If you have an agent, let him or her make those information requests for you.

Great to see active Tampa users on the site!

I have seen a lot of really great custom designs that make great use of space for a particular user.