I know your company offers a neighborhood ranking of A through D in Detroit, but it should be pretty clear just by taking an afternoon drive through the 'hoods, right?

3.8% is a pretty sweet interest rate these days.

Pretty much everything I have seen and read is:Find out the sellers motivation/problem and speak to solving that issue.Give an offer but explain how you got your numbers.Other than that, it seems pretty limited for negotiating information. 

Of course, SWFL got a large brunt of it, and the islands look pretty devastated. 

Memphis has a pretty affordable housing market and tends to offer solid rental yields, which might align well with your goals.Let me know if you need any more info or want to chat further about this.

It sounds like you are pretty big and you already have your own ecosystem.

I wouldn't necessarily recommend that a family with 3 kiddos go out an buy an STR but since you already own it and have it furnished, its a pretty easy trial.

I am too lazy to look it up, but pretty sure it is legal.

Other than the 1 property I am renting my family's taxes are pretty straight forward with a couple W-2 and no LLC, so when I got the $1,700+ quote for tax preparation it seemed a bit much.

You just have to know the area  the soils and or get owners permission to do a test if they will allow it ( pretty rare i suspect to be able to do that)..