Join your local REIA group - there is a meeting tonight in Overland Park at the Holiday Inn - it's posted here on BP in the Real Estate Events.  

Lower your standards and expectations.You are trying to rent a less desirable apt with only one bedroom and upstairs (carrying the groceries won't be fun) and you are doing it in the worst time of year to have vacancies.Excellent tenants with great credit and perfect backgrounds already have good housing for the winter and don't wanna move in the middle of the Holidays.Your tenant pool will be limited to people who have lower incomes,minor arrest records,recently lost their homes to foreclosure,downsizing from a more expensive apt,etc.You need to settle for people who have enough to pay the rent and maybe have a co-signer to guarantee the rent.Allowing section 8 tenants can help fill a vacancy faster as well as offing rent discounts for the first month or lower deposits to help them afford the move in costs.Offering a free moving truck rental and help getting the heavy furniture upstairs is a real eye catcher for potential tenants worried about how to get their stuff moved in on their own.

Yes, we are just waiting for the holidays to be over.

(Which includes Winter Park, Maitland, Altamonte Springs, Sanford, Lake Mary, College Park and Longwood).

Date:Tuesday, November 15, 2016Time:6:00 PM - 10:00 PMMembers:$0.00Non-Members:$15.00Location: The Holiday Inn, 2175 W.

I know I will likely have a new set of headaches in 4 months but at least I postpone those headaches until the winter months have passed.What do you think, should I take the high rent and let them live with just 100 sq ft per person, should I go through with the eviction or are there other legal ramifications that I should be concerned about?

I'm crossing my fingers that our dry weather lasts long enough so I can paint it before the winter rains really kick in.

Nobody likes to move during the holidays.

@Bill Gulley - Given the choice I am sure most would choose Belize if only over our long and cold winters ;).

I have no way of knowing what exactly cap rates are in Holiday FL.