Just wanted to pose a question to the seasoned warehouse/retail landlords in Florida.... ive been trying to find deals whereby the rents are below market and i could renovate and re-lease at market rates in order to obtain the good return (better than the meager 5-7caps.

Look up "REX" (Real Estate eXchange) and the "Landlord's Almanac" on meetup.com, I believe both have meetings coming up in the next week or so.Scott

If the state landlord tenant regulations do not specify details regarding the late fee then the lease prevails.

Your responsibility as a landlord is to be judgemental.

Not surprisingly vacancy rates are more dependant on the landlord/PM than the market.

One landlord I know rekeys his own locks.

I purchased my first property (3-family in the Merrimack Valley in Massachusetts) around 6 months ago, and am currently living in one of the units and gaining experience as a landlord while renting out the other two.

Also, I expect to have some additional unpaid utility bills that I have to cover (the city of Toledo OH is extremely landlord unfriendly), like I had to do when the previous tenant moved out. 

Found out her and her brother were tired of being the landlord, only property they had, and wanted to sell.

For me, I hate being a landlord, and I can never make the numbers work on buy and hold.