It's a great strategy and even blessed by the IRS with a safe harbor. 

. - If you invest into Florida, what are your tips for staying safe as a “landlord” or just in general?

In return bought the lot $1,500 and will develop a SFH in its place.

For cities with populations between 200,000 and 1,000,000, Dayton ranks 2nd nationally for business development.

Once you understand that, (risk tolerance, your active involvement, your cash or finance  availability,  you knowledge of construction, investing, market data, your trust in the team you have developed and vetted) you can then look at the best way for you to purchase.

The quality of tenant is the variable, most people that need section 8 are good people who just haven't quite figured out how to improve their situation in life, they just want a place to live and will generally behave if they have a solid, clean, safe place to live.Make sure you check local laws and rules around section 8 so that you don't get yourself in hot water, perhaps get in touch with the existing owner/property manager and see what there experience has been with section 8 and especially the current tenants. 

A developer has a property under contract right now, he has the engineering done so that he will be able to develop the apartments.

Give yourself at least one month to start but budget for 3 to be safe.

Apartments on top, commercial space on the bottom. Have you build one or do you own one? I'm trying to get some preliminary numbers to see if this is a realistic possibility.  We're thinking about doing a 3000sqft foo...

Purchase price: $480,000 Cash invested: $50,000 Sale price: $480,000 A Planned Urban Development, So it is a single family residence with a H.O.A. the community is kept up.