Depending on the housing office, they can be months behind in their payments (especially if coming from an underfunded local housing office in a poor market and highly saturated welfare climate like Cleveland) because they don't care if you have bills to pay.

North Carolina has a good climate, and Raleigh is one of the brain centers of the US that I believe will offer some growth.

Yes, that is a very slow time of year for rentals in our climate. 

Budget for 60 to 90 days vacancyTry to structure leases that end in April to September..lolThanks, yes surely I can imagine in colder climates, Winter is slower in this regard.

It requires installing specific panels that facilitate the reverse flow. 6) solar panels make roof maintenance more complicated so keep that in mind. 7) solar systems will have different outputs depending on location, direction and climate.

I have been in real estate for 2 years and AZ is just overpopulated now and has gotten expensive to invest especially when you are trying to BRRRR  I know climate change is going to suck but It's going to be worth it.

We wanted a property in a warmer climate that we could also use for ourselves.

In humid climates it is not always reasonable to expect an AC to cool more than 20 or so degrees below outside temps.

It was just the rental climate at the time.  

Find out what your risk tolerance (and climate change risk, being in Florida) is, and go from there.