Termites and hurricanes seem to be the main cause of investors/buyers concerns. 

On a side note if several months vacancy and repairs are causing significant financial distress it doesn’t sound like you have enough cash reserve available to cover the costs that can arise from being a landlord.

This means that the IRS would consider you to have withdrawn the entire amount of the IRA causing you to get hit with taxes and penalties on the entire amount of the IRA. 

These are some of the easiest cold calls you can make cause the owners are willing to hear you out and listen to you.   

They typically have minimal assets to go after if they place a tenant that causes damage or refuses to vacate.- the risks to the owner do not seem to justify the upside.From the arbitrager perspective, I also question if it makes sense

That should cause pause.    

You should only have to change when your current software has a flaw or lacking feature that is causing you to spend too much work on a work-around.

Watch youtube videos on how to underwrite deals.If you're not the money be the knowledge cause that's what money is looking for. 

And a ton of rentals available have hit the market the last year which has caused market rent to come down $100-$200/month.

That doesn't mean every property in the county will flood, but it tells you the base rate of events that cause losses.5.