Making money and keeping money are not the same thing. 

I just include the utilities in the rent.

You can also check out local Facebook pages in the markets you are looking in.

Will a Cost-Seg offset the LTCG on these index funds? 

Ensure you collect a proper security deposit (typically one month's rent in Florida) to cover potential damages.Your plan to increase rent next year makes sense given rising costs (taxes, insurance, and maintenance).

@Olivia Melikian Finding the right agent to work with is important.

Quote from @Kyle Jenson: Hello guys, I found this page through the podcast and the book, Rental Property Investing.

I've often found that just going right to the expert in the space is going to be the most direct source of info.

Indeed, you can get higher returns than that in the stock market at the click of a mouse and, when investing internationally, you'd typically want a higher return than you can get domestically or in the stock market, unless you're mainly looking for diversification or parking your money.On another unrelated note, I love your latest podcast episode.

And recently, after much pushback, they backed off the plan to not let you transfer the permit to the next property owner when you sell.