There are opportunities out there but some strategies are risky. 1 - Airbnb (STR) comes to mind - very competitive, very saturated and becoming highly regulated.2 - Most STRs are transitioning to MTR so that market will be saturated soon if it isn't already.3 - Insurance crisis in florida is getting bad so those costs will eat up cashflow and short term appreciation.

They're not bad people, and they do want to spend their time with loyal clients. 

Fortunately, most of them are unaware or unwilling to fight.

no one killed that we know of so far but several injuries and a few neighborhoods hit pretty badly. 

Not a bad outcome for worst case if you ask me. 

Meet with a local banker & schedule a time to talk with a mortgage broker, they'll give you at least a baseline of what kind of down payment options and rates are out there.After that, if you're still wanting to research more creative options, do some looking into seller financing (a very hot topic with good, and bad, advice out there), look into private lenders, and commercial financing options.If you're wanting to live in 1/4 of your quadplex, then conventional residential loans may in fact be your best option as you can purchase that with a fannie/freddy loan with very low down, and use up to 75% of the income from the property toward your own income. 

Looking for peoples opinions if the quoted costs are fair to take off the security deposit.TYIA  The charges don't sound bad at all.

(It costs 10k+ to drain, clean, refill the pool so I only do it once an year and this is pretty standard) I think it is matter of if it looks dirty or smells bad when guests use it.

I'd have to ask my wife who handles the accounting etc about the fee question. 30 to 45min a month for 62 properties Not bad.

That said, depending on your business, you can definitely get creative with tax deductions for your RV or boat.One thought—it’s too bad you’re not considering the RV as your primary residence.