I've met some commercial brokers that mainly operate on a more 9-5 schedule because they just don't need to work weekends or after hours.

I work as an IT consultant, and I'm looking to get into real estate as my main source of income.

Either on the weekends when it is busy or on the weekdays when the main person has days off or both. 

Main takeaways are: 1) it is not that simple as moving back into the property.

There is a big shortage of affordable single houses in this current market and more and more millennials are turning renting (due to low wages and mainly because they saw their parents suffer the 2007 crash which hit FL specially hard)If you have a rental property you'll always have occupied, plus, using the FHA loan bears less risk and maybe no work assessment.

I am currently using Redfin and realtor.com as my main resource but am struggling, mainly because I don’t see any comps on those sites.

The main reason why I’m asking is to determine the best method to value the deal.

The main benefit of short sale houses is they are in a good condition due to the homeowner still lives there.

Also, there seem to be a lot of UK people buying in the US (mainly Florida).

For tax purposes, would it be better to close in 2017 or 2018?