@Ken M. rents are softening in the places that have had a lot of new units come on line.  

If it's posted in Florida MLS, it's available in all online sites and people who are looking to buy property in your area can find your listings. 

Yes, operations is a big part of that, especially for anyone that wants to be a business for the long-term.If I were you, I would be talking to office brokers about partnering more than an online forum.   

There are a lot of websites that offer the course online, or if you have a college near you, they also typically offer a class that satisfies the pre-licensing requirement.

You can also find various contracts online, develop your own then have an attorney review it to ensure it has teeth, and is legal in your area.7.

I would never form an entity with them when I can do it online with a firm that charges a fraction of what they charge).

I do SMS, cold call, mail, online, wholesalers, etc.

While you are figuring it out and/or deploying it over time, US Treasuries and certain CDs are paying 5%...and 4% for certain online savings accounts.

Quote from @Diana Teng: Hi all,I think my question above is pretty direct.I'm interested to buy my first rental property, and after doing a brief search I see that there are quite a number of places out-of-state (I live in NY state)  that offer affordable homes that deem to be in hot market areas right now (according to many different articles online). 

A property manager that can assist with rent collection, tenant screening, maintenance, and run an online ledger for us to track expenses.