That was when I had enough, and decided to end the lease.He has been living month-to-month for some time now. 

The National Association of Realtors says that the average profit on a flip is is $15,000 and takes 6 months from start to sale.  

Over the past few months the landlord has been trying to sell the property but nobody has actually bought it.

Since you're 6-12 months away from buying, use this time to build investor relationships, master deal analysis, and secure financing.

They have a big event on the second Tuesday of each month and it's a great place to network: https://www.marei.org/ Thanks for the plug Andrew . . .

It's great to be prepared and have your duck in a row but we don't even start discussing eviction until they are at least a month late or behind by 1.5 months of rent. 25% of the time tenants are going to be late and about 10% are going to be late consistently.

(Most people do not know that FL 4-points are only good for one year, so get them every 12 months for sure.).  

He casually told me he sends out 10,000 pieces of mail every month. . .ten thousand!

Very good resource for getting set up with STR property managers, cleaning services, realtors, lenders, etc. https://www.getchalet.com/

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