But very beautiful and relaxing , nice beaches.

The OTAs are your bread and butter it's good to learn them and then learn all of the intricacies of managing an STR and once you are comfortable that you got this, then look into PMS if you feel like it will help you.  

Do you want thousands of doors or just a few to build a comfortable retirement down the road?

I would say figuring out how much research to do to get you to a level of comfort to be able to act but without creating analysis paralysis.

It's pretty much what you're comfortable with!

Just North of Spring Hill in Holiday or in Crystal River you can get a better bang for your buck but it all depends on your comfort level.I am over in Pinellas County by Madeira Beach/Treasure Island and 4 units over here are about the same $650K to $800K depending on year built and closer to the beaches.

Any travel nurse is a brother or sister in my field, so my plan is to make sure their housing is everything they could imagine in comfort and necessity be met.  

So I suggest getting a ‘best guess’ figure based on several sources (Airdna, Rabbu, STR Insights - don’t rely on just one) and then build in some conservatism and see if you are still comfortable what your pro forma kicks out.

So I would definitely say getting into a property if you can comfortably do so is the best option.

Get out of your comfort zone.