It's still obviously going to be influenced by the larger market, but most people, it seems, move to the villages to intentionally get away from the 'hustle and bustle'. 

If it's a larger organization, feel free to inquire about their different staff qualifications.2.

We should know in about a month if it will work out.With that said, I would not recommend getting into larger multi unless you have a mentor or partner.  

If you had multiple renovations to make at once that would be a larger expense and difficult to save up for then a HELOC might make sense.

I'm facing the same thing in Ohio and dealt with the same thing last year.Advertise on Go Section8, and Craigslist and Low Income Housing Websites for your area and make sure you advertise that you DO accept Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers.

On the newer VA Renovation loan I can say for certain that you can take 180 days to make a larger rehab that includes structural changes ( knocking down walls etc.).

Read up on each one, narrow it down to a couple choices, and then search for them on BP to see what others say about each one.

@John ThedfordIs the slowing rental market indicative of a larger real estate slow down in Sw Florida or do you think SFH rentals are just over bought?

The access to the car wash, what type model it is, the traffic counts, how many other car washes in the area, sightlines to the property ( on a hill,down in a hole,level), any cross anchor larger feeder traffic to site, parcel size layout and shape, etc. all play a vital role in the long time success of the dirt value along with other demographic metrics of course.There are not newly minted national credit leases at 9 caps with retail.

There are also other ways to jump into larger MF such as syndication.