We do recoop 1/2 of the yard service fees and enables the owner to keep a yard crew coming 2x a month year round.

What's really cool is that the rent to purchase price ratio is high enough and taxes low enough that 3 and 4 units can often pass the self sufficiency test which enables them to be purchased at 3.5-5% down FHA.

I started to invest when i was 21 and had a portfolio in London and the UK which enabled me to be financially free if that's what i wanted, I managed to do more rehabs when i was younger as i didn't have kids, but as I found out on my first rehab in Sarasota, having a baby is not easy when you have a major rehab to do....I say go for it, like you say the worst case scenario is that you'll go back to Switzerland.If you look around south gate many of the properties have mother-in-law suites and you can easily rent those for $500 per month, you can pick up those homes for $100k, so you can live in the major part of the home the zip code is 34239 it's a great area as it's close to Memorial hospital, downtown and siesta key, also many students in Sarasota due to the University and Ringling School of ArtGood Luck, I love Sarasota as it's a little gold mine that so many people overlook, I hear so many people heading to Orlando, I think it must be so hard to find great deals there.

Investing in rental income is not their priority they simply view the rent as a supplement to enable them to hold the property more cost effectively.

I already realize I’ve set a bad precedent with this tenant and am enabling their behavior.. again in some ways I had little choice during the eviction moratorium and managed to have tenants above them that didn’t mind their smoking… and I am currently dependent on the cashflow they are providing for the next couple of months. 

This will enable you to repatriate earnings from the U.S.A. child to the Canadian parent with the least amount of taxation.  

You can get a WiFi enabled sensor that can monitor the levels and alert you to problems before they become emergencies. https://www.septicsolutions.co...

SBA 504 loans enable a business owner to purchase, renovate, construct or refinance commercial real estate with 10 percent down payment - due to its unique structure/bank partnership. 

We are searching for a software that can enable us to easily collect rent payments online but have run into problems with each one we have tried.

You may want to consider Checkbook IRA (basically it is a self-directed IRA on asteroids) which will enable you to bypass the custodian and have direct control over your IRA investments.