The 2 unit (water records may give me a garden unit, adding a third) was 65K, and it needs about 35K in work.I decided to do a member blog here:  https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/7622/47674-pre....  

Hi George Beatty If you are looking for a brokerage to join I'd recommend Garden Realty.

It's worth noting that the house sits on a 10, 000 sq foot lot, so there's plenty of room to garden or potentially build more rooms for students, even a whole separate outhouse type thing, to rent out...My questions to the community: why is the house going for so low?

@Daphne Moss , Being a member of the NAR is not required for MLS access, use, lockboxes, etc., at least with our local MLS.  

Most are garden level, although a few are two story, particularly in the Sulpher Springs area, which I think is a better investment than East Tampa, particularly if you can get property near the Hillsborough River.

Can a landlord send a tenant a letter to cease and desist any of these activities (or watering the lawn, or having a garden, or paint ball in the yard, or target practice, etc)?

Desk fees can range from $100 a month plusE&O insurance is about $100 per transactionCommissionsI put this last because you should really be focused on the above questions.The money will flow when you start putting deals together.The more deals and education you have the more money you will make, but there is a learning curve and the brokerage needs to be rewarded for that effort.There are Brokerages that offer a 50/50 split to new agent and there are offices with only a desk fee of $100 a month, so nearly 100% commissions.The difference is that the 50/50 split office will hold your hand and offer way more training and possibly some leads and the $100 a month office considers you an experience agent that only need minimal assistance and NO lead generation.I hope you find this information useful and if you need anything else please reach out to me offline.anaheim, brea, costa mesa, coto de caza, cypress, dana point, fountain valley, garden grove, huntington beach, irvine, la habra, ladera ranch, laguna beach, laguna hills, laguna niguel, lake forest, mission viejo, newport beach, orange county, placentia, rancho santa margarita, san clemente, san juan capistrano, santa ana, stanton, tustin, westminster, yorba linda

We're going to open up the kitchen to the family room for an open floor plan, add a master bath to the master bedroom, update kitchen and baths with some good finishes, flooring, paint(into and ext),It has a beautiful screened pool and sunroom with large live oaks with plenty of Spanish moss hanging down in the backyard.  

I pay a gardener $30 per month to pull weeds so as you can see, its tight.  

Roof has a lot of moss but no leaks or eroding.