My advice is that once you narrowed down to a city or 2, start talking to property managers to seeing where they see tenants staying the longest, what zip codes do they see rent growth and consistent payment. 

I have been consistently dissatisfied with most (not all) Senior Housing.

Instead, I would eat all the losses.If you can show a friend or family member consistent prudence, a track record of success, and an incentive for lending, they will give you absurdly good deals, in my experience, and that said, I would be extremely cautious doing a buy-and-hold with a family member or friend because of the potential for strained relations.

I never realized how much I appreciated consistent sunshine and access to a coastline until I went to school elsewhere haha.I haven't spent significant time as far south as you're potentially looking, but I have a lot of friends who enjoyed growing up down there as well.

This is my first post on here but I have been analyzing deals consistently and learning for roughly the last year.

Talking coherently and consistently netted a potential capital investor.

.- Once you find a deal with a number that works , Find Investors, connect with your local banks , partner with someone . ( I strongly recommend the book - Investing in Real Estate with low or no money down by BT)- Be consistent- Read Blogs, Read books, read posts- Attend Network events- Connect with one member a day with a purpose(Please: do not spam members , you may loose your messaging privilege).I doubt you will fail if you ritually follow 70% of the recommendations.

All you have to do to be successful is live like a broke college student the next 10-15 years, consistently increase your income over that time which will increase your savings rate and invest.

The property is fully self sustaining, consisting of 3 flatlets and one main house (3 beds 2 bathrooms). it has 100% tenant occupancy on 2 of the 3 flatlets.

I try to be consistent and I'm just trying to go in and pick the best in the field.