Google Alerts and Custom Newsfeeds tend to keep me in the Rabbit Hole.  

A little under $7000.Those books tend to use regional numbers.  

Then necessary things will tend to fall in place for you;-)@Justin Silverio  Yes, Salem's a great place, as long as you're out of there by October!

You get into the larger properties that are professionally managed by larger firms and there are way less things found and when they are they tend to be smaller items and not big ones.  

I will not be able to tend to any properties during baseball season so I don't think renting out properties is realistic.

I like tenants who provide me with tons of personal references that they have known for years....those are you usually my best tenants as they tend to care what other people think and know how to maintain relationships.

Do you all allow for vapor cigs to be smoked in your or on your properties?

I am usually very firm with tenants and they tend to respect that.

My market here in Cleveland tends to lag behind the rest of the country and the swings are not as volatile so prices are still 40-60% below the highs of 2007.As a buy and hold investor looking 30 years into the future - does it make sense to keep these assets until I retire our should I sell them if the market here goes back up in 5-10 years.Example - the house I picked up in a Cleveland suburb for 50K sold for 120K in 2006 - if the market reaches this level should you always sell if you are looking long term.

No idea if they are still in business but I could ask.The hard part about FL is the property taxes and insurance are typically so high, it tends to knock out any profit potential.