Also its simply not that common in the dc area for renters to have renters insurance, so even if I required it, the tenant would be cancelling it the day after they showed me the policy.

well you can do it a number of ways.but the most common isyou offer on the property its accepted subject to your POF.. if you have your lender in tow.. the lender writes a letter and says he is going to fund..

Serve a 60 day notice to them. 

The difference has definitely been noteworthy, and I noticed it while it was happening without any site or study reporting it, so the reports essentially confirmed it for me.

I rented it at $725/month after renovation...my tenant gave notice he's moving out May 5. 

I noticed a large area in west JAX uses septic, wondering if anyone has experience on it.

Do you own the property in an LLC or as tenants in common?

@Jack B This is a pretty common strategy buyers use to tie a property up.

You'll probably notice that there are far less agents who are investor friendly then you think.

According to the owner it's been grand fathered in (still need to find out what that means) and he has no issues with zoning.One thing I did notice is that a unit on the 2nd floor only has a single egress, just the front door on the 1st floor.