Again, this is where weekly email newsletters, monthly physical newsletters, etc come into play.  

Had very interested person who is an adult female almost 40 with no employment history to speak of (acting in plays, etc) but nothing for several yrs living with retired Dad. 

Real estate is capital intensive. 

It's pretty plug and play and then when you get the full report, it's all in one PDF.

Have you played around with the savings calculator to give you an idea what your cash flow needs to be?

Investing in these markets is more so of a long-term appreciation play in my opinion.

If you cant turn a decent profit on a monthly basis, it's not a great long term play and you should sell the property.  

I was just surprised that when I asked to change the policy to rental, the first thing he asked was if there was a damage after the hurricane I think a few different things are in play here. 

I have had every one of the above come into play, which has caused the timing of exiting the asset to take longer than anticipated.

Carrying costs in purchase and or rehab is financed, cost of capital on refi, re-recording, title, updated insurance, etc. their are many costs at play after initial funding then to transition long term unless your straight cash on the front end.