Yes Ron has a referral program, but NO I am not signed up, and if you decide to, I get a big fat Nothing in return. haha.

If my kitty was fat enough, I'd take 5% any day and throw my laptop and iPhone in the trash, sleep till 10am and play guitar with my amigo's haha

As someone who had (still have) STRs at the GR with a current population in excess of 20 million within a 2 hour drive (not sure what population was as GR, but it was high), I can state their theory was BS for the GR.  

If someone is working with a lower balance of funds like I am, than I'm more likely to prefer cashflow so that I can continue to afford the property as well as my life style.If I had some disposable income that was in excess of what I need to live on, than I'm more inclined to look forward towards appreciation because I would have enough wealth to take the hit now for the bigger payment in the future. 

I learned that April and May are seasonally slow for rentals, since most people seem to move in the summer, and also that the market here in Wesley Chapel, FL is a bit saturated with excess inventory from all the new construction activities in the area.Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Fees from broker dealers are excessive in the 15-20% range. 

You should only consider switching when your current software has a significant flaw or lacks features that force you to spend excessive time on workarounds.

Assuming the building has land basis, there would be a gain on distribution in excess of basis. 

There is no place that is just laying around waiting for people to waltz in and lazily do near to nothing and pickup ANY property at ANY price, ANY means and just, cash-fat-checks...... 

As someone who has a tendency to spend excessively and live paycheck to paycheck, the lockdown measures implemented during the pandemic unexpectedly helped me stabilize my financial situation.