Of course, your market could be completely different than mine, but our 8’ x 10’ units are our most difficult to rent, while the 10’ x 15’ and larger are significantly easier to rent.

I did thousands of hours over the course of my bachelors.

Stay the course.

Manuel Lam If you are a business owner there are some pretty awesome retirement structures you can set up to reduce your tax liability now as well as to grow your wealth tax-deferred (which makes a huge difference over time than paying taxes on your earnings every year).Or of course you could just take distributions out of your business and invest personally without respect to the business.

Of course, long term appreciation is also a consideration but not so much a huge focus. 

Not that location *necessarily* matters, but would it help to take some online real estate inspection courses for Florida (if they exist) to make sure I know what to look for when making purchases down there?

I have not heard from him since (about 4 days).What is my course of action?

This is my favorite resource for tips: airhostacademy.com

Of course you won't get money for the reservation but you also won't get any derogatory marks on your account.

Of course we are our own GC so we control our cost.