@Alex Messner, your decision, amongst other factors, mainly depends on you and your wife's financial profile. 

Water and sewer about 200 yards away.  1 mile to the main highway.  

Lenders desperately need/want business especially in this interest rate environment (right now, the main source of mortgage loan business in Florida is rehab financing as a result of the hurricane damages) and one way the big players differentiate themselves is by streamlining the process.

Granted we only have 17 but still, I’ve never used anything except a simple excel spreadsheet and all my rental properties have a separate savings account under my main account at my local bank.

Here are the 14 main highlights:"Just some analyst's thinking cap predictions.

One of the main issues is insurance companies NOT insuring many of these areas.

Two main reasons being: (1) debt does not increase your basis in an S Corp, which means your losses get limited.

I'm fine with doing some minor fixes and improvements to a property: Adding overhead lighting/fans, better flooring, maybe redoing a main bathroom.

Mainly the Brokerage is for me just to sell the properties that we fix and flip and save the commission.

Besides the stress, the other main factor that I want to point out is- time and use of money.Wholesaling would have been much faster and that money could be used for the next deal faster.