Is Tampa bay a good city to invest right now?

[Nataly Soto]

Hi, I am a newbie in the Real Estate Investment world. I am very much eager to start to build my wealth. I've spent the last 3 months educating myself, and now I'm comfortable to start analyzing deals and committing to buying off my first investment property. I have $30K to invest, and I'm not sure if Tampa is the best area right now to do this. All the houses I've seen at the $150K range require a lot of repairs or are just not good deals in terms of Cash Flow/ROI. Would you recommend to look in a different area in Florida? If so where?