This slight drop shows deals are closing a bit faster.Active Inventory: Active inventory rose significantly by 35%, with 3,929 homes available compared to 2,911 last year.

Deals are taking a bit longer to close, reflecting a more deliberate market.Active Inventory: Active inventory surged by 47.84%, with 5,170 homes available compared to 3,497 last year.

IMO the inventory shortage has pushed primary buyers into investor territory. 

It also states: "The landlord shall inspect the premises and itemize damages against and Inventory Checklist.

in Sojac these days its pretty much landlord dominated and values only track what a landlord is willing to pay for a given cash flow exit is very limited there is not much in the way of owner occ their anymore.when i first started lending in Jackson about 2003 there was a ton of owner occ flipping going on in sojac and thats all we did.. then the lending rules tightened in that area and the only exit became to sell to landlords and mainly out of state landlords as there simply is not enough local landlords to take up the inventory that has become available there. 

Inventory in both places is low, and we all know rents are going up making it possible to have a decent cashflow in both places.

Ask for data on these items.Turnkey providers sell you a property out of their inventory—inquire about the guarantees or warranties that are offered.

Do I raise the rent and make $600 a month on passive income, keep the property and chance this home not appreciating much more bc of what's currently happening in Florida with excess amount of inventory sitting there?

I'm sure you've seen but rents are still pretty high in NJ which means tenants are having a tough time with short inventory.

At least we're a company with redundancies to make this happen very very rarely, and with enough inventory to make it not the end of the world.