You have to budget another $1k a month for skip tracing in addition to their $1299 monthly fee.

Typical market markup on work orders is 5%.

Additionally, if there are any resources or tips you'd recommend for a beginner like me to excel in the REI bookkeeping realm, I would be grateful for them.Thanks in advance for your guidance!

So if that translates to an increase of inventory will variy market by market.

Which direction is the small multifamily market heading in?

If you wait for a perfect time, you'll never get into the market. 

How does this stack up with your Florida markets? 

Additionally, my kid will be attending the school district I work in, which will be more challenging in two years when they enter high school.

People have found amazing deals in the worst of markets.  

Some of those variables are the size of the park, number of vacant spaces, the number and type of park amenities, the age of the park, underground infrastructure age and condition, park location, size of the market, city water or well, city sewer or septic, other utility sources and whether or not they are direct billed, deferred maintenance, cost of management, and more.