But use caution to tie up all her inheritance into investments so if the market changes/crashes/she gets the tenant from hell she looses everything. 

This being my first investment i being cautious and careful to not make a bad investment and loose interest later.

However, I'm also in strong agreement with the licensed ccw approach too. if at all possible, bring the person and the ccw. make sure you bring someone that will have your back and can assist you if necessary. being able to identify the perp after they've battered/killed you is important in the eyes of justice, yet its not really preventative. hopefully most realize the difference. if someone has malicious tendencies towards a real estate agency/sales people, r.e. investor its the preventative measures that could save your life and that matters most. the reality is as many people that are in prison...there are a lot of sick people loose in the public of anytown usa. we all have access to phones to try to dial 911 but the opportunity may not be available. self-defense is first priority in my book.kudos,Mary 

One thing to note when looking at the individual markets, you can make or loose money in any market.

A handyman landlord working with minimal help can do good work in these places, stay on top of things, and keep perhaps ten of these tight little ships running with practically zero outside labor costs eating into his profits or excessive time commitments, while he does modest, leisurely little spec rehabs and occasionally larger live-in flips anywhere he finds deals, accelerating his timeline to  pay off his street of moneymakers. 

Made me feel like a smaller scaled NYC (without the excess lights of Times Square). 

Originally posted by @Felicia Gauthier:Are turn key properties good or bad for new investors You can make or loose money with most any product or in any market.

I am actually very happy now to have found the Fair Market Rent values of Florida because now I can at least have a loose idea of what the average rents are like in areas I am not as familiar with. 

Generally a rent increase of more than 10% is considered excessive, especially if no improvements have been made to the rental unit.  

This does present a hurdle to RE investors when they are first starting out because most of these new RE investors  do not have much excess cash to cover a large capital expense (or even a moderate cap expense).