You'll need to look at adding hurricane impact windows and doors throughout the home, and bracing all the framing members of the house with hurricane straps.

I could send you a handful of articles that would give you the basics and you'd be fine.I have 14-doors in Detroit and 3 of them I've placed S8 tenants in.

I preach to everyone to avoid lenders that float your rate until the appraisal is back, it opens the door for a bait and switch.

While the math per door is roughly the same, my thought is that I will have more doors still rented while I renovate one, and the overall costs for maintenance is roughly the same. 

that we’ve learned in our 24 years, managing almost 700 doors across the Metro Detroit area, including almost 100 S8 leases.

Said I wasn't allowed to have a glass window in my old back door. so I covered it in cabinet grade plywood and trimmed it out to make it look as good as possible.

Like many investors, I've reached critical mass (50 doors) with what I can manage myself (plus one girl PM help).  

Pick an area that is within a 2 hour drive or a 3 hour nonstop plane flight.Get in that market and really learn it neighborhood by neighborhood block by block.Local market knowledge is every investor’s competitive advantage.I do MF deals in Greenville SC where I live and already own 400 doors.

My mentor owns around 800+ doors there and even he shifted his search to Columbus.

It consists of an 8 unit apartment building being sold with a single family home next door to it, each on their own parcel.