I am seeing listings sit longer in this market and competition is lower.

In my opinion, there is just no excuse not to use tools that are free to you and friendly to your applicants.)Apartments.com does have this other listing two blocks away (I don’t know the area, so it may be less desirable than yours) becoming available on June 10: https://www.apartments.com/2-br-1-bath-house-2024-hill-avenue-middletown-oh/0wj61x3/ Unfortunately, it is bad competition: it’s a 2/1 SFR for $825/mo, allegedly “fully updated” inside.Incidental to the above apartments.com listing, I would contact the management company behind it to see if they could opine on your property, as @Bill Brandt suggested.

If your rent is $50-$100 less than the competition, it should rent, You might find a single guy who loves the yard.

Our rental market is very competitive, with sometimes only a few apartments or houses on the market at once.

In my experience though, if you don't have an existing relationship with seller/broker OR solve their problem, you better be willing to offer a competitive offer.

Competition is fierce and driving prices up, but with the right sources you can get an excellent deal here.

@David NinoThe most important thing it to confirm that the tax return is correct and properly filed with you taking advantage of deductions/credits available to real estate investors.I don't have information on how many state tax returns you are filing and how many properties hold those 23 doors(1 apartment complex vs 23 sfh's), I would have to say that is one really competitive price.

Allstate has started insuring these types of homes and may be competitive, plus they can quote most of the insurers in the area.

So being new into investing I want to ask a question, how competitive is the market down here in south florida?

That did not work out well cause it was very competitive and the prices vs the properties just didn’t make sense to me.