I just have some free time this morning after coming in from the garden.

I also like to look for STRs myself near Bush Gardens, USF college and the Tampa Medical centers.

A garden.

It is...I moved up from Carroll Gardens and before that the EV.  

It has restaurant sizzle and cool hippy dippy gardens with chickens in the backyard, but not the tourist demand of downtown Oakland, SF, or other areas..

Here are my total numbers since closing back in Oct/Nov:Upfront costs: $48,516.46 (closing, downpayment, inspection, appraisal)Mortgage Payments: $7,150.92 (P&I, escrow)PM Distributions: $15,761.66 (rent collected minus repairs, pest, PM fee, gardening/landscaping, etc.)

I loved even better brainstorming with my new tenants about little extras they might want: a fenced dog yard, landscaping, better parking, raised veggie garden beds.It struck me that landlording is a caring profession.

As part of the preparation someone supposedly did some gardening of the place.

That may be an issue.That said, maybe if you have a larger, less developed lot that does not match the average buyer's ideal, think about a targeted niche buyer, be it a gardener that wants a blank slate, even the urban chicken yuppie crowd, or  a large dog owner, etc....

Just got hit with a slip and fall claim for a garden apartment property I no longer own.