St Augustine is a year round destination and close to drive markets of Jacksonville, Orlando also GA. 

The taxing on marijuana should help us continue to hit the thresholds needed to keep dropping the income tax to zero. Nice development for the state. It will be great when fully legal! Progress is progress! 

why not just go buy lottery tickets?

For simplicity, let's say 5 rentals or less you can get away with excel or other free REI-specific software. 

What is the lowest up front amount we could get away with? 

., laundry facilities, pet fees).Fixed Expenses: Include mortgage payments, property taxes, insurance, and property management fees.Variable Expenses: Include repairs, maintenance, utilities, and any unexpected costs.Capital Expenditures: Set aside a portion for future big-ticket items (e.g., roof replacement, appliance upgrades) as a reserve.3.

@Lucas Miller I'm sure he is, but that's giving him a ticket to find his biggest fanboy or fangirl and having me talk with them. :)I'm looking for the unsolicited opinion of someone Lane himself wouldn't call on for their experiences (I'm big on listening and chatting with folks), just to get a sense of what deals they've gotten involved in and how they've gone so far.

Elgin is a great rental property market, but the city does require inspections every 2 years, and you do have to take a landlord class.If you can househack a 3-4 unit building out in your area, that will be a golden ticket to get started. 

Most of the time you're talking about land that doesn't have all that much value and any appraiser that's not crooked is going to recognize the land for what it is - you can't comp 15 acres of swamp or rocky cliffs with 15 acres of flat farmland and get away with that honestly, unless the entire point is to defraud the IRS. 

I have more pictures of Christmas decorations  but of course some people book months ago for Christmas and Thanksgiving.Since Pogeon Forge is a huge holiday destination we get a couple Christmas pictures up year round.