However, I've heard that the NE and SE quadrants are best considered with I-20 being that X-axis.

It might not make a whole lot of sense in NE/SE, but might be worth it in the NW

No I don't think you need a certificate per se but you can just let the potential buyers know that everything has been cleaned down to the studs.

I'm not increasing the rent (per se) but want to change the payment of utilities to tenant (I was paying partial sewer); which would effectively increase their rent. 

Managed about a dozen section 8 rentals in small multis in SE/NE until last year for a cheapskate landlord.

Hi @Brian Plajer, if you were to lock today, you would need a 90-day lock most likely.The lender might not have the ability to lock for 90 days so they might be holding out.You are not paying a fee per se for locking now.

Now, money per se doesn't seem to be an issue to me at this time , I know what I can get (up to $170K) and I know the interest I will most likely qualify for (no less than 12% for a start up with zero experience, but more likely around 13%-14% and no more than 15% for the first project).What I really look advise for is the marketing.

They bundled high risk loans with low risk loans which resulted in an across-the-board instability of the properties used as surety for those loans.I don't see a crash per se but very few saw the last crash coming as well until the symptoms of bad bank behavior became visible.

Pedro It seems to me that Fort Lauderdale is one of the more STR rental friendly cities in the SE Florida area. 

I know where the rents are higher and where they are lower and I could easily look up market rent if I found a fourplex.We don't have a problem with having jobs, per se, but I want to be able to be home with the baby, and my husband wants to be able to go and look at a property whenever we get a potential deal.