There are tons of articles and forum posts related to rentals.

Be sure to read through The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing to help you get started.Also - here's a couple articles you might enjoy:The 21 Best Real Estate Investing Books Ever How to Rent Your House: The Definitive Step by Step GuideHow to Be a Landlord: Ten Tips for SuccessFinally -be sure to setup some keyword alerts - especially for "Rockledge" so you can jump into local conversations.See you around the forums!

This article really gave me a different perspective on building relationships with people.

I've just started working on my physical lead generation by driving for dollars.  

@Tyler McKendry If you haven't already, see this excellent article on how to evaluate deals:http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2010/06/30...Like others here, I find it difficult to understand how this deal makes sense.

See http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles/969-real-est...http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/3/blog_posts/38...2)How much do i need for an option fee (3-5%) How do i explain why this is different then a security deposit?

This was not to be the case as I acted as my own GC. 1st the problems with the city,then I had some physical problems and everything got out of wack.

Make sure to listen to all the BP podcasts, read the articles on the main blog and be active in these forums to learn a ton very quickly about any topic in real estate you want to know more about.This is also a great place to meet people that can be assets to your business.

I could be wrong on my recollection/knowledge of the set up, but I believe her very physically handicapped aunt was the official section 8 tenant, and the niece was a "guest" who was not supposed to be staying there.  

Sharon has a ton of articles both here and on the Louisville Gals site.