Your friends return is also predicated on when he bought, a few short years ago property values were 30% lower and rates less than half what they are now.That being said Tampa is great because we have multiple draws: Beaches, Pro Sports, Bourgeoning Waterfront Downtown area, Busch Gardens, Midtown, World Class Airport bringing in Business and International Travelers, and more!

A single family and two family building fall under the International Residential Code (IRC) and 3+ unit buildings fall under the International Building Code (IBC).

Vacasa is not a local company, but it is international.

They have their own websites and search engines they use internally, since most agents that do Commerical don't do residential and vice versa.  

There was a famous case called International Shoe where a company based in a different state was sued in a state they had no stores in. 

I sent it by international faxed to the IRS (they don’t do email ever due to fraud concerns).

We have a internal list of what we consider a 'good tenant'.

All things which someone who is motivated can draft up themselves (IMO), kept internally and regularly maintain/update documents as business grows. 

I am an international student graduated last December, and get a job in Chicago which start on March 20th.

And while retaining visual appeal both internally and externally.