As the consumer, we should be well prepared with your personal info(credit scores, dti, taxes, insurance, etc) to get a baseline estimate.

The difficult part is going to be for buyers who will have to either come up with the funds to pay their broker or negotiate seller paid closing costs to cover it

If you are the LL, either an attorney can write one up pretty quickly if it's a complicated lease with special provisions, or your State Association of REALTORS should have a promulgated form you can use (I've had people pay me $150 to write on up for them in Texas where I'm licensed). 

In turn, that would be the last month she'd be paying rent. 

Stuy after study has shown that the less a person injects into a deal, the less likely they are to pay the deal back.

A high quality SFR in Austin will pay dividends in the long-run, and don't invest for anything but that. 5-6 years is too little, but if you are to expose yourself to that I would still take Austin.Those deep parts of SW FL are cyclical with retirement up & downs on economic recessions.

I was paying 10k BAC and my houses were 600 to 800k.. 

In my head I ask myself if we should go for one less capital intensive LTR and give a local STR a try (for the tax advantages) as well. 

If you prefer something with less immediate work and are willing to pay a premium for a newer property, the new development could be the way to go.Good luck with your decision!

I realize there are better in investments, but we like Wildwood, NJ and would use it for 1 week during the summer and a weekend getaway during the off season.Current pricing appears to be $650-$850K for 3BR/2BA, 1,400 sq. ft. and ~$16K out of pocket costs ($5K yearly taxes, $10K condo fees covering wifi/cable, flood, sewer, trash, etc. and $600 for content insurance).