Comps can show one thing but actually closing can be another.

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).

I am currently selling a 16-unit apartment complex, the first one to sell since 1998 when this buyer bought this one!

About 5 years ago one of the sellers we bought a multi family from told us about a company that has a lot of landlords like us and we coshare insurance coverage.

And while NAR doesnt take it up, the state associations that do, do talk with one another.

They will have better knowledge of what you need and how to do it then just finding one on the internet. 

It seems that often when companies acquire large books of business in one shot there are growing pains and unfortunately those are felt at the client level.

Of course, the area is generally the same, but sometimes you have these odd ones.

The next option is to get the device (you can get on Amazon) that shows the meter for what one unit is pulling versus the other.

There are many STRs that do quite well in the suburbs of major cityies Off the top of my head, I can think of one of the STRs we manage that is 40 mins outside of Dallas and it has a great occupancy rate.