To arm you with a little more knowledge, the average 5-year rate of appreciation for Tampa is 9.2%, while the average 5-year rate of appreciation for Orlando is a little lower, at 8.56% That said, Orlando is a tourist hub, so my advice would be if you're looking for something short-term (AirBNB), finding a place in Orlando around the attractions could be the way to go, but if you're looking for a more long-term investment, Tampa may be your best bet.

I am not sure which market to look into as right now I am currently in new york and was told my best bet for cash flow would be to look oos for deals that I could use as a rental or house hack.

Ok...this person needs to quit drinking coffee with caffeine and, should probably stay off the internet for a while.

Not my place to give financial advice, but as you mention, focus on the deal and do not make a bad bet to save on taxes...

Your safest bet in something like this would be to live in it, rehab it, then sell it/rent it out and do it again.

And that's fine, too.There is an apartment operator that has multiple real estate cycles of experience (decades) with no money lost, low 65% less LTV, and high 10%+ skin in the game.They market under 506B so are prohibited from posting publicly on the Internet and instead function by referrals.

I'm looking for ready to assemble (RTA) that do not have any particle board or OSB.Found RTACabinets.com which seems interesting but I'd like to look at some in person if possible, maybe even LA County.Current quote from HD (Home Depot) for their ready made in inventory cabinets is $2600, those are particle board low grade cabinets.I'm going to bet Kevin Fox replies in this thread.

I think your best bet would be to go through your rolodex and ask them what they are looking for (asset type, specific returns, timeline, etc) and become a bird dog/wholesaler where you would sell the deals you find.

I like the purchase we made because the numbers work well for LTR as well as STR, so regardless of how things end up going with the STR business - we're in a pretty good spot.I'd advise others to do something similar, hedging bets just seems to put ourselves in the best spot possible when the economy is on the fence like it is now

Apartment complexes normally are a safer bet for repairs, big SFH attract big groups of kids which will also increase parties of course