The reason I blow off an agent, and I don't know what it's like in your area; but here, we have over a dozen rental agencies in just my local neighborhood region and hundeds of "agents".

Are the laws that strict in ft lauderdale, or am i driving in the wrong neighborhoods?

My style is much different and I've experienced a lot of different types of transactions with usually different players each time.

.: specific neighborhoods and the level of repairs they'd be willing to make.

What is the neighborhood like?

So, you just have to do your research, narrow down your neighborhoods and weigh your investment criteria.

They also have Neighborhood info.

Ed Lee@ed leeI got it done very reasonably because of an arrangement with my contractorbut what was purchased was about 60.00 worth of pvc fittings and pipe you need a drain pipe and supply linesyou need the washer dryer hookup boxesand a roll of electrical wire that handles 220 currentwe had to get 2 30 amp breakers one for each unitand dry wall and mud to repair what we ripped outand finally vent tubing I cant say exactly what all this cost but somewhere in the neighborhood of 350 but remember I was doing two units the labor was priced at 160 a day and it took three days to complete.so just under 900 to do both units

The quadplax is in a B- to C neighborhood within a A- area.

My strategy is find a cheap neighborhood with "potential".It must be adjacent to other neighborhoods that are obviously gentrifying.