I agree about the press however and that's the kind of constructive feedback I was looking for.

Location has much to do with it of course but for the most part people are always visiting Miami, especially in the summer.

But for this first round I kind of wanted to do it myself and make it extremely personal and then compare the numbers. 

I would like to visit the market and am looking to connect with some people who know the market.

What kind of real estate investments do you like?

In my leases, I put that there can be no subletting of any kind.

The reason why the utilities are in my name is because I lease the bedrooms individually kind of like a "rooming house" and in effort to keep the lights on and the water running I keep the utilities in my name to protect the other tenants from potentially irresponsible tenants who may/could take people money for their share of the utilities and not pay the bills. 

Anyone have experience with this kind of thing?

It really only gets complicated when the body is not discovered for a extended time.It would be interesting to know what kind of a mess costs 48K to clean up.

Most of the guys I know that work those markets and make any kind of money spend a bunch a month on marketing 5 to 10k easy.. then they usually have a person on their team that runs the leads and closes the deals..