Quoted from OLDPINGUY:All the Positive cash flow properties you want around Florida....Just still a PITA with people.
I left that for Commercial Property, and found renting office space to Attorneys and Doctors to be easier.
Sound advice there.
I did residential property investment in my twenties and having to chase tenants for this month's rent or tradespeople and paying them $60/hour to attend repair jobs that amounted to not much more than changing a washer from a leaky tap (faucet) was enough to realise it wasn't worth it to me long term.
Got out of residential and moved into commercial property investment with an emphasis on attracting Government departments as tenants. The benefit being the yearly maintenance bill drops by 90% and they are more inclined to sign long term leases.
Plus regardless of the health of the economy, with a Government department as a lessee the rent is always paid on time.
