But offering a series of month-to-month or 6-month leases would seemingly allow for a landlord to raise the rent in a stepwise fashion... at least according to the letter of this law.

Either on the policy or mandated by some city law?

Back story of house: It is a friend of my brothers father in law.

My brother-in-law is looking at a house tomorrow.

Check your state laws for something similar.

Never did you state what the cash flow was, if the hold laws in a bad neighborhood or good one, etc. in other words.

So your investment properties may be at risk if you are sued (insert LLC and umbrella insurance debate here) or or for some reason you need to declare bankruptcy, but IRAs and 401k plans are protect - but these laws vary by state.

Look to state law and your lease agreeement, personal property can be retained for payments due, in other words, you can block the movement of the home.

R Collins Steven Hamilton II (I @ Steven in response to his comments about going to court)I can't speak to specifics of FL law, but I can tell you the general legal concepts involved....When you purchase a property subject to a condominium association, homeowners association, or master association - your obligations stem from accepting the deed to the property.

Anything left here after x amount of time will be placed in storage (hopefully onsite) and the tenant charged a daily/weekly/monthly fee depending on what the law provides.