@Jill DeWit  this difference is these folks are buying homes that cost in many instances 100's of thousands.. they are not buying tax sale worthless land for 2k a parcel. big difference.. plus competition for said homes is keen ... not so with the millions of vacant parcels scattered throughout the West.

I have many family members scattered throughout PA.

I do not know if theses areas were mirrored off Palm Coast due to the way the road networks and "scatter" lot type of selling, but they are eerily similar.

I called each town hall in my area to confirm that STRs were OK, since they are very scattered in the State on what is allowed and where. 

There are several pockets scattered throughout though.

@Garry SinghDue to the sprawling development pattern, the "Atlanta area" now includes several counties. 4-6 unit multi-family units are scattered throughout the area.

My family has a portfolio of properties scattered across the city of Kingston that I grew up managing.

The 2-4 unit homes are scattered throughout the city but some investors have had great success with these.

All of these restrictions and modifications of acquisition standards were attempts at controlling the variability of ownership of an extremely variable product: scatter site SFR.

wait until you get some very strong winds (shouldn't take that long in FL), and hopefully quite a few of your shingles will end up scattered around the house, so you can file a claim and only pay your deductible (unless you're on ACV) and get a new roof. otherwise, stick to what the folks above are saying.