@Michelle Shriver Well it wouldn't hurt to give customer support a call and see what they can do.

Lots of great resources and information on here.I wholesale in Phoenix and could also recommend some contractors as well (Although I would recommend getting bids from several different contractors to familiarize yourself with price points).As far as hard money is concerned, Boomerang Capital / CapFund1 / Merchants / Clear Mortgage are all great reputable lenders in the area.Feel free to PM me if you ever want to chat

@Alex Deaton what are you specifically looking to do, many people myself included are happy to chat but without a specific direction it is tough to provide insight.

Suppliers/services are coming into the area also to support Volvo and Mercedes. 

I truly appreciate your support.

For your first two Orlando strategy questions there would be a lot more options on the market for condo's, however at the 70k price point you have to make sure you are buying in the right areas where the rental rates can support the high HOA or CDD fees.

We then create a second position note on one of our rental properties that is leveraged under 80% and bring up the leverage to 80% as long as the cash flow can support the added debt expense.

I was having a chat with my wife about potential markets for investing and we got onto an interesting topic. 

Before you pay for the appraisal, have a realtor look at comps to see if value is there, you need 3 sold comps in the last 6 months, if comps support new value then go ahead and order appraisal.

There will not be any supports affected, and should be fairly straight forward.