This deal showcased how strategic planning, targeted improvements, and a strong partnership could deliver impressive returns.

This is very frustrating given that I was under the impression that I could just roll the entire retirement balances over to a IRA and then have complete control to invest that money into properties. 

Advantages are we don’t have to furnish anything in the house and we collect the same amount of rent each month no matter how many members are in a house.

Below is a link to the rent assistance program in Canton, Ohio; I would collect the current rent from the family and then provide them with this resource for help with future payments. 

Ensure you collect a proper security deposit (typically one month's rent in Florida) to cover potential damages.Your plan to increase rent next year makes sense given rising costs (taxes, insurance, and maintenance).

We were super impressed with it. 

But my impression is that many landlords skip this, I was in fact asked point blank by maintenance management during the repairs process why I opened up this proverbial “can of worms.” 

You'll spend more chasing them than you'll collect.

The fact that those larger metros are on this list is what's really, really impressive.

This may be because (1) until recently interest rates were trending lower so if the lender is getting a higher rate on subject note than he can obtain on new note there’s no monetary incentive to call the note (2) in the past technology did not exist to identify the property transfers (ten years ago county recording docs were not online) and (3) the lenders rather collect payments than own property.