When our current pet-owners move out though, we will stop allowing pets. 

The price for entry there is generally very high, and good areas move fast. 

If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.

Think about moving into a building with several units close by to help pay for where you live.

Will a DSCR lender give me a home equity loan from my (1st SFH) rental property, so that I can cover the down payment + closing costs to assume the 2.75% interest rate on a (3rd SFH) property I would move into immediately?

Then by the next year you should be ready to make some bigger moves.

However since this is a very large yard their deposit will not cover the amount that would be required to bring the front and back yard to the same condition before they moved in. 

@Jay Mayer some people will tell you that a tenant will not move over a rent increase, but I can assure you that it will cause them to start shopping around.

If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.

If we were to buy something in Lake Nona, it would obviously not cash flow as we would have her move in and essentially just help a bit with the mortgage, but how is appreciation looking in that market?