If I smell cigarette smoke on you there's a reasonably good chance I won't rent to you. 3.

Knowledge of property cycles and of neighbourhood/city growth is essential to be able to predict it with the degree of accuracy that you would want if this was your property diversification portion of your portfolio.Broadly speaking rejuvenation projects, that is developing property that is in severe decline to increase the Usage Value ( an industry standard term to quantify the maximum possible return on your investment that a land parcel could yield in a given market given it's zoning) is normally the most lucrative type of appreciation category.

Our taxes were not support complex and we did them ourselves (Just Schedule C and E) so I think that this is going to vastly complicate our taxes and likely require actually hiring a CPA.

@Jeff Schneider thanks for that, our broker is not only networked heavily with investors, but encourages us agents to invest as well!

Long story short, how would you meter the water for a tenants laundry usage?

Need help determining the fair rental days. 
Purchased a rental property on July 15, 2019 and it took 3 weeks (repairing and making improvements) to get it ready to list on the MLS for rent.  The property was listed ...

According to the Airbnb guest, the cigarette odor permeated every part of the building, including the foyer/common areas and the Airbnb unit.My Airbnb guests left me a scathing 2 star review, with one star for value and cleanliness due to the odor.

For us, agents and lenders are critical partners...REI CPA is very helpful...plus term life insurance and index funds/ETFs to round it out.

LOL, in college my roommate set the apartment on fire by throwing a lit cigarette in a trash can. 

Advent Health just recently took over Florida Hospital and is in the process of improving service and renovating, so coupled with West Marion and Ocala Regional there is a good demand for doctor's and nurses which UF just keeps pumping out every year :) As for manufacturing, E-One (Fire and Emergency equipment) is still a big player in town, Signature Brands has a presence (Betty Crocker).