But, I had a vision, and I had a decent chunk of capital to start with (don't worry, that didn't last).

Property taxes creep up, exterior repairs , and a brand new HVAC last year wiped out $11k of reserves.

Those 5 have tenants in them currently though.Just because it appreciated a certain value over the last few years is not indication it will appreciate the same in the future.

I've had pretty good success the last couple years with a combination of house hacking and building Accessory Dwelling Units.

Just last year I expanded my property portfolio in California which now includes Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside and Kern counties.

@Kristin MathernI would pay it given no keys were provided, it wasn’t specifically addressed/mentioned in your lease, you were provided the opportunity to address/fix yourself with a 25-30 dollar replacement from Lowe’s/Home Depot, and lastly, it was an existing situation that could have been avoided/prevented at move in.

Tried getting quoted from OBIE last week and this is the response I received for some some properties in Central Florida:" Hello,Thank you for requesting a quote with us.I apologize currently we do not have any carriers available for your properties in Florida.

As luck would have it, last night Person A messaged me (late) notifying me that the deposit could be carried over for use by Person B.Thanks again!

I've been digging into that over the last few weeks a little closer.   

Also slower than last month in central coastal Florida, like @Anand S., but this is a slower season, with kids back in school and hurricane season still “on.”