Just wanted to pose a question to the seasoned warehouse/retail landlords in Florida.... ive been trying to find deals whereby the rents are below market and i could renovate and re-lease at market rates in order to obtain the good return (better than the meager 5-7caps.

I just looked at an older home "House A", built about 1900 that predated subdivision of it's own lot.  

Right now my rentals in more transitient locations but I plan to expand to very residential OO areas - I'd take older people any time.

Interest rate will be higher but at that low of an amount, $28,000, it shouldn't raise your costs too much, just make sure you know what the seasoning length of the loan is (if there is a seasoning period at all).

I am by no means a seasoned investor so there were instances for which I got stressed and tone of my e-mails changed as well, but they responded kindly and we talked about how to resolve whatever the issue is.

If you wanted to rent it for 3-6 months at a time, you may have to try to time that with the season as non "snow bird" times of year see more 3-7 night stays. 

Unfortunately, winter is notoriously slow rental season in Chicago. 

This could be a seasonal variable where very few families move in winter, but I have never had vacancy this time of year and can't tell. 

Any suggestions of how you think new investors can help out seasoned veterans?

But they're building new houses as fast af people are selling older homes.