You can read the statute yourself: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Sta...She has to notify you in writing, then give you 20 days to make the repairs.

Let's say those items amount to $250 a month.Any months you don't have a maintenance expense, stash away the money until you have a reserve account for your rentals of about $30,000.

And they go into banks and apply for loans usually with quite a bit of money already stashed away. banks are more interested in lending to investors that are in it for profit rather than the average American who may end up out of work and who won’t bring in endless money.Source: I worked in banking for four years and still know many who do.  

My gut tells me that your first order of business is to graduate with your degree - hopefully a degree for a field that you enjoy and that pays well - and stash every dollar possible when you do have opportunity to work.

Hey Patricia, Since you are moving forward with the purchase my recommendation is to make sure you have money stashed aside for a rainy day, in other words make sure you have a reserve on hand.

With making 100K+ you should be able to stash away 1-2K per month at a minimum.

If you have other ideas of where to put that money I'm stashing away so that it can work for me (I'm thinking Index Funds in the near future?)

My WHY Is I’m trying to stash my cash away in rental properties because with inflation it is losing money sitting in my savings.

Cause I do want to wait till the summer, it’s an easier job then, ANND I’ll have some cash stashed away by then.

Unlike many, he didn't have a big stash of capital to start with.