Southwest Florida (Sarasota-Fort Myers)

[Alex Kennebeck]

 I’m wondering what everyone thinks of the Real Estate Market in southwest Florida. My wife and I are planning on moving to the area in June.  We are selling our 12 Doors in Iowa and will have ~200k to invest when we arrive. I am 36 and have also done a few fix and flips as well.  I’m trying to figure out my plan of attack, and any suggestions or thoughts would be great, as we don’t have many people to bounce ideas off currently.  We are thinking of buying a duplex to start, living in one side and renting the other, and expanding from there.  What would you do in this situation? How would you all go about restarting in SW Florida?  Please through out some suggestions...even if you think it’s a bad idea.

Thanks

Alex