Sounds like you already know the area well but I'm happy to talk shop anytime. 

Michelle, I cover the entire Emerald/Forgotten Coast of FL for The Short Term Shop. 30a is one of the best places on the Panhandle. 

Would love to connect and talk shop if you're open to it!

Small shops just wont have the resources to train a new agent properlly.

The only thing I can think of is shop around for different insurance, and make sure your property tax assessment is at or below the appraised value of your refinance.  

With all due respect to the development big firms out there, my project is very small and I believe I'd be best served by a small firm or even one-man shop, and frankly a bigger firm will likely not have time for a small deal.I simply need a low-cost conceptual plan that I can use for marketing to builders.

Got to shop around and see what is offered.

I'm not sure if the owners have shopped this around to the Apartment brokers already and they've all passed on the deal, or the owners don't know what's going on.

I was going to pay the full asking price because 1) the numbers still worked and 2) like you mentioned, very little inventory to shop around  

That was my clue to purchase rentals because they were renting very quickly and leaving very little time to shop around.