I've never seen so few people up at Leconte except when we've went in the winter with heavy snow.

@Warren Qi I recently closed on a vacant property and have chosen to use my realtor to help place tenants as opposed to Home River Group... my thought being that if they're slow to respond to me they may also be slow to respond to prospective tenants... learning as I go and so far the realtor has had the posting for about a week and a half in late fall/early winter and there are multiple applicants to sort through.

Mini splits work but you need to make sure to include heat pump with them if you want them a primary heat source because our winters will get cold. 

They are still nice lakes - the mountains create a nice bowl effect, and they're stocked with plenty of fish plus what's grown "naturally" in the lakes - but they're kind of rough in the winter as TVA drops the levels 50% or more for flood control, so you have a lot of places where the docks are completely out of the water and there's a big brown mud ring around the lake.

My partner and I host an event the first Saturday of each month at the Winter Park community center.

I did put an open window in winter fine which cured one offender but you have to see it. 

thank fully we can drive 40 minutes east or west be in the national and state forest were they have shooting lanes for public use for free.

I think over the winter months there was less traffic but with the nicer weather coming back around the complaints have started again. 

The spreads are thinner, and the appreciation play feels risky unless you’re inside a true growth corridor (think Winter Haven, Ocala, or outskirts of Orlando).If you're open to investing out of state:Look at cash-flowing markets in the Midwest and Southeast:Birmingham, ALColumbia, SCCleveland, OHIndianapolis, INThese offer solid cash flow, low entry costs, and pro-landlord legislation.

The fall and winter, do not have leases end when it would have you renting in these slow periods.