In all honesty and joking aside she is the sort of tenant that you need to "stick to the book" on.  

I would definitely need to consult an attorney and likely need to form some sort of corporation to do this kind of business, but just wanted to hear other ideas.

Door number one duplex 3% down. 75k = $2250  (I lived in one side, so I'm not counting my door)Door number two $20k = $2k down + backroom bank loan (sort of like a personal loan)Doors 3,4,5,and 6 $110k = $0 down it was in the time of creative loans and financing. 

Not mice, large big body brown RATS. 

It tracks everywhere you drive and then you can sort by personal and business.

I would be more than willing to pay him much more than that to run the properties but he really wants to step back, and his body is breaking down from so many years of physical labor.

I do use property managers so maybe I should put a little pressure on them this year to get that rent up.I understand what you mean about flipping being tough on the body.

With the age of the homes there's usually some sort of deferred maintenance that needs to be taken care of that would be harder to be aware of from the west coast.

Does any body know of a reliable lender in the Tampa Bay area?

They are usually people you already know who have money and they want to invest their money with you in what you are doing so they aren't very familiar with charging points or getting interest paid upfront at closing or those sorts of things.