I don't have a website or any presence online besides BP and FB.

As such, the presence of the tax in and of itself is not a "do not pass go" kind of barrier, but it is certainly a topic you want to understand fully before embarking on such projects.Many accountants will have limited expertise in this area, so to ensure you get good information, seek out someone with some experience with tax-exempt and non-profit entities.

As a Veteran, Chase offers free premium accounts (no monthly fee, free checks, free cashier's checks, etc) and has national presence, of course. 

They are still rare as a clean break is almost always a much better deal for the seller, so I would not build a business model based on only buying them but if you are a big enough presence in the area what you trying to do will in fact get you into those types of deals.It puts the owners who are now lenders at ease.

It should be something very interesting, which will also grow the BP presence throughout S FL area.

My gut tells me that the presence of a radon mitigation system may be a deterrent to renters, even though the property "may" be much safer than surrounding properties.

Some of the things that come into play include: school district rankings, crime rate, median income in the area, median rental rate, presence of vacant or boarded houses, overall condition of properties, % of homes that are rentals, amount of retail non-distressed sales to homeowners, # of Section 8 rentals, and your own opinion/intuition as an expert in your market.

It could be the location, i.e. coastal SoCal (or conversely at the airport where people are literally trapped for hours), it could be the exclusive presence of unique brands or merchandise (think boutique/trendy/artsy), something special has to draw traffic.

The markets tend to be suburban to rural versus urban core and are hard to finance except the local banks who have a branch presence there.

Strong property management presence in place.