A nice corporate career, a marriage, a few kids, and MANY disappointments later I began to realize that I was climbing a never ending ladder that was going nowhere. 

I am likely relocating to Martin/St Lucie County soon - MIL is in Palm City and we need to get closer to her as she's starting to need more help as she ages. 

With the above clause, you can simply refer to the lease instead of laughing directly at them, which might be considered in more refined circles, to be rude.Have a nice day

I have the capital to put a 20% down payment on a nice home, but I'd rather leave as much money available as possible to see where the RE market goes and invest those dollars in other REI opportunities as I build my network and set strong, well-informed target parameters for investment properties. 

It may sound nice to pay a 5% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no add-on fees.

I’m not any distro lists (though good idea), but have come across this on BP: https://www.biggerpockets.com/rei/bank-owned-reo/ It’s a nice start and has all across the US

However, the broker has a reputation to maintain with his buyer list, and he knows both sides need to play-nice in order for the deal to happen, so he's incented to be helpful to both parties.

Once i told him that there was no way i could afford his services at this time, he was nice enough to give me some pointers to get started on my near nothing budget. 

I wanted to know what equations/metrics are a MUST HAVE when looking at a possible deal - I'm having a hard time trying to pin down which hold the most weight and make the largest impact in the rental world!

@Matthew Bond Hey Matt - Nice to meet another Ontario friend on here.