Thanks for your posts @Will Barnard @Kevin Clark .I've seen some HML advertising 100% LTV, those are some of the more shady lenders I suppose.

Florida housing prices, which hit a peak in December 2006, are slowly and gradually recovering after the Great Recession nosedive — the state’s fall was among the harshest in the nation — but lately, the trend is positive, stoking renewed interest in real estate.According to the S & P / Case-Shiller index, considered one of the most reliable indicators of market trends of local real estate, real estate prices in the Miami area have been in uninterrupted march upward from November 2011.

However, websites can still be useful to add to mailers, or other advertising.

Short-term rental market- 10 years ago was less competition, now more and more people are renting short term and lots of advertising sites for vacation rentals.

So you have to think about how to hedge the bet as you have to play the game, and not try to time the peak or bottom, as your more likely to miss it than hit the mark.So tighten up your numbers, shave advertised rents a little or a lot, and ask them to give you the property for a dollar and buy you lunch, joking on the last two.

Their marketing budget balance sheet will no doubt feature website and domain maintenance, SEO optimisation, the cost of employing marketing staff, advertising and public relations to name a few.But where does networking fit in?

I understand that there are many other strategies to acquiring rentals but i like to buy homes that are "turn key" and most of those properties are advertised at a price that I cannot buy with cash. 

I didn't advertise on any sort of media.

With a little work, you can find hidden gems like this sometimes but be careful of places advertised as duplex, etc.. always check the zoning

Every time you get a credit card advertisement in the mail do you apply for it?