After you've gotten their opinion of price and time you would need to sell, you'll be better able to judge whether it's worth listing and paying the commission, or if you are already getting the best offers from the investor buyers.Your ARV is so broad as to indicate that you don't understand values very well.

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If you have internet explorer it may not work, for me, I have to use chrome.

Too many people now depend on (or think they do) their internet reps and the commodification of their own sites.

I can enrich myself with knowledge on the internet, with books, and discussing things on a blog such as BP.

However, there are lots of deductions (expenses) that reduce the rental income and sometimes your overall taxable income resulting in a lower overall tax rate: mortgage interest, depreciation, water/sewer/internet bills if you pay them, property taxes, repairs/maintenance, property management...The is an extra benefit if you work in real estate for a living; it's not hard to read up on the details and criteria for that situation, but I don't know them off the top of my head, and I'm definitely NOT a tax professional.

I'll be moving from Chicago to the Fort Myers/ Cape Coral area in about a month and had a few questions:does anyone have a broad overview of what the market is like in Lee county?

Searching the internet for other options lead me here and I hope that it gives me the spark that I've been needing to get my feet wet.

home office supplies and home office deductionAdvertising costsMaybe cell phone and Internet if used for business?

Lost in the Mail, Bad Weather, etc.You have various choices:Electronic payment using the Internet, or have the Tenant deposit the Monthly Rent in a Bank Account, setup just for that purpose.Raymond