Out of state investing in Daytona Beach

[Sean Harris]

So I recently started looking at properties in the Daytona beach area mainly because I have family that is moving there from California. They bought a house in Margaritaville to live in long term. I keep reading some pretty bad posts on here from other members about how horrible and sketchy Daytona Beach is and how out of state investors will get smoked there. I have read that the further south you go the better, such as Port Orange area. Are there any other investors here that could chime in as to which areas are better than others and what areas to stay away from entirely? I want to buy 10 single family homes in the next 5 years using the BRRRR strategy because I am thinking that this will be the best way for us to keep aquiring properties without running out of capital. I'm shooting for properties under 200k at the moment. I am open to other areas near Daytona that I could drive too as well.