Even the most seasoned investors are still learning as the market and culture is always shifting.

Gotta love that startup office culture....Its the reason I'm working so hard to figure out the management side.  

My main clientele are Chinese as I know what it is they want and more importantly their needs, I understand their culture, the communities they want to be in, schooling, transport and much more..Thank You so much for accepting me here on BiggerPockets and I really look forward to meeting alot of you guys on here, maybe evn do some business together...Respectfully,Tiara 

Thats  a bit of a culture shock going from Tulsa to DC.

Did move away to rural and remarkably culturally diverse Southwestern KS (Garden City) after graduating college - lived there a couple years, bought my 1st house, updated it, learned a lot, made a little money upon selling, then at the height of the real estate boom (2005) moved to S Florida in the Cape Coral / Ft Myers area for a job transfer.  

Downtown Tampa is not a major residential area, and downtown St Pete is already built out and booming.For a major metropolitan area, Tampa Bay is decades behind San Francisco, Seattle, and other seaport cities when it comes to mass transit, and we are a culture of car-commuters.Having lived in the San Francisco Bay area (with extensive ferry service as well as numerous other excellent mass transit options) as well as the Tampa Bay area - one immediate problem I see here in Tampa Bay is the lack of transportation options once you get off the ferry (at $10 one-way) - riders will essentially be limited to walking around the two downtown areas, or taking a taxi/uber to get elsewhere - most would rather drive. 

I interviewed a few brokers and just did not like the culture or vibe of the office.

The culture was big trucks, big houses and work work work to pay pay pay.

Feel free to get in touch anytime - always happy to help other Irish people investing in Florida. 

I know that I can see things in MN, MD or NJ that would be fine for rentals there in certain neighborhoods that would be red flags in the neighborhoods I own in IL because the cultures are different and the types of properties and tenants I want in those properties.