Including my wife who list all of my properties  LOL..from my perspective I would not even give it a second thought go do your thing.I had a transaction last year with a very competent female agent in your market and she posts on BP.. she took a fairly goofed up transaction jumped into the middle of it and did a great job..

@Alex Sanfilippo - when you say "good time", are you referring to the time in your investing education, the economic climate, inventory in Jacksonville, or from the seasonal aspect (or another perspective perhaps?).

That makes a lot of sense put into that perspective, it doesn't leave the original owner out in the cold and absolutely screwed if the buyer decides to drop the ball.

Different strokes for different folks.RDPD may not be the holy grail of RE books but it is what helped me change my perspective on investments.

I'm very new to the area and as a perspective real estate investor so any advice would be greatly appreciated.  

While i trust my agent, I want to get another perspective and professional opinion.

Overall, a well-maintained and well-managed property in a desirable area can withstand a challenged economy, but owners will need to shift their approach a bit. 

I'm originally from Lousiana (business and law at LSU), spent a couple years ski bumming in Whitefish Montana, worked at Microsoft for a decade, shifted to eastern Washington with a small biotech firm and finally landed in central Oregon.

Additionally, we have had a shift in home ownership over that time so that more people have become renters.Apartments are measured in revenue benchmarks more so that price per unit.

When you ask whether we could stand living in a less desirable place for 366 days, it kind of puts things into perspective.