The county assessed value means NOTHING.

Use it to quickly assess properties and estimate renovation costs, which will help you make smart offers.Join Local Real Estate Groups: Get involved in local investment groups.

A good starting point would be to assess the type of investment property you want to get in to.

Of course, with any office that has 100's of agents, you'll also be surrounded by many who just hanging out at the office and that isn't the best environment.This experience helped me narrow my focus to only income-producing activities and led me to join a team.Cloud experience: From KW I went to exp where there is little to no culture but an online group of 10,000's of agents and a half dozen brokers to answer my questions.

I agree with most of your assessment regarding Florida's real estate market.

It’s just the valuation.If I don’t fight this valuation, I am paying taxes on a higher assessed value than what I bought it for a year ago (they do 5 year assessments) and it’s effectively a 40 percent increase in taxes vs 2017.

If you want to tell me what you were quoted for repairs I can give you my opinion on the cost, we're processing dozens of work orders every month. 

I understand that all answers come with qualifications and things need to be assessed on a case-by-case basis, but I appreciate your general advice!

You have both the high vacancy and rough area working against you placing qualified tenants.There are literally dozens of reasons one unit rents and another does not even if the unit not renting is the better looking unit.  

That said, the PoAs we have used, and this is across several dozen sub2 deals, has been with the company as AIF.Never had a problem getting a lender check to clear in over 20 years.