I actually live Pinellas County.  

Quote from @Scott Mac: Safety - Inherit a fully paid for SFH, in decent condition, in the neighborhood you live in, and rent it out to long term tenants who you are comfortable with.

I've done three flips in Denver, where I live.  

Maybe I should have clarified, like I said I posted on here before about this tenant, they both lived there husband left months ago just her there, he left all his stuff, she left most of her stuff, my 14 day notice I gave her ended on 31st of Jan, she told me she was out, husband wants to get stuff and throw out /clean out what's there that's why the dumpster, I just want to know if I can change locks or should I leave it till they remove there stuff, I was going to post a 15 day get your belongings out or I will disgard notice on the door.

Investment Info:

Single-family residence fix & flip investment.

Purchase price: $140,000

Cash invested: $24,000

Sale price: $220,000

I knew from the start that I was going to buy this propert...

P.S; We live in Wilmington NC so both markets would be "long distance" P.S.P.S there are no reasonably priced multi family properties local to us.

Though if an individual were paying for her or himself, I’d say go with the home-study version for a fraction of the costs of the live seminar….

Living in one unit and renting out the others allows you to deduct 75% of expenses like mortgage interest, property taxes, insurance, and shared repairs as rental expenses, while the remaining 25% applies to personal use.

After 4-5-6 years then maybe roll them up into a small mulitfamily.Another option if you have the credit and some capital is to buy a 4 unit as owner/occupied and live in one and rent the other 3. 

There are also Zoom calls where people practice their underwriting live.