Excellent replies and yes I'll wake away before I settle for a mediocre tenant buyer!

We are living during the Cambrian explosion of “push a button” products and services.

Steam Pro is excellent.  

are excellent reasons as well.

He REALLY knows his stuff when it comes to analyzing the numbers on investment properties and helping you make the most informed decision on your loan product and property.

For Florida there is a excellent book with all the forms by Warda called Land Trusts in Florida.You can also look at Mr Land Trust aka Randy Hughes https://www.landtrustsmadesimple.com/I would highly suggest that for your first land trust in that state you either spend the money with a comprehensive course specific to that state or hire an attorney knowledgeable for that state.

FHA loans will not allow you to do much "fixing up" as the property has to be in excellent condition to pass the inspection.

To your point about having money left for renovations, you can put as little as 5% down on a conventional, but how that's affected by the investment status is decided by the individual lender.Then you have "investment" loans, which will most likely all require around 20% down, ours requires at least 20% with excellent credit.

@Jason SpicerUse a product by Fiberlock called RECON...no cleaning, no nothing...spray right over it just like paint...done deal...

On the flipside i think it would be a excellent time to buy GE stock it's the cheapest its been in years and the companies probably not going anywhere soon.