You need a solid track record with successful exits with the type of project you are wanting to list with them.

I pickup the economic data from the Jacksonville Business Journal, the Daily record and also the local Realtor site, NEFAR.

Anybody done this before who can share their experience in building a track record and scale faster?

So prior to this COVID ordeal, the city used to have up to date records available to the public on what permits were being pulled and by who.

You should inform this tenant that you intend to evict them as holdover and their friend will be the reason they have an eviction on their record.

@Babu Ramadoss you're going to get the it depends answer. it depends on your short and long term goals. many will say chasing appreciation is gambling like the stock market. others say cash is king and never put your money where roi is not maximized. personally, my goal is replacing w2 income in 7 years so cashflow is king for me. that also means I need to use less leverage with lower roi, or do more brrr which would like take longer based on what I buy. your market will likely dictate one or other, and for the record I ignore appreciation in my underwriting as a buy and hold investor. the appreciation will never be realized until I refi out down the road.

Definitely keep a record of any text, calls, or statements. i reccomend using pics as move in and out inspection of the entire property.

Good thing I did, as several years later, got a letter from the management company saying "We have no record of giving you approval to rent".

The county records reflect the current assessment for the current buyers for 2019, and in no place show what the assessment would have been for the period the house belonged to me and my sister (a higher assessment than the period when the house was my father´s).  

Record a deed of trust/mortgage/security deed against the property for your rehab costs.