Now it's 10 to 15 years of flat rent.

There are common issues with properties built in this timeframe (knob and tube wiring, horsehair plaster instead of drywall, flat roofs with minimal drainage, stone foundations, etc).

Always love stories of famous people who were once told they’d never amount to anything, never make it in this business, or were flat out laughed at.  

If purchasing in S FL take into account roof age and avoid flat roofs when possible.

I mean, at this point I am rather certain of the interesting person you are that your absolutely always correct in your world, be it on how contrails are a conspiracy to poison us all or what not but, point is, I understand there is 0% chance of such personality uptalking information to adjust declaration of their decision on the how the world operates so I won't even try, I will leave it at simple truth that your dead flat wrong in every degree. 

I would offer a package deal - flat rate for wifi, electric, water, trash all included in the rent.

And flat rates and no appreciation is a good indicator.And if that's just the way it is, then you'll be buying for the yield: Revenue minus Expenses minus your Loan Payments and then determine if what's left over is truly the best use of your time, effort, and initial cash upfront. 

Their "friend" used mostly brick two flats as comps at $690,000 to $725,000.  

The land is flat, and totally cleared as it is begin used for hay production.

He says he is completly broke but i know for a fact that he has rental properties in Texas (always bragged about this) but claims he is flat broke- what a croc.