We are able to write sinkhole coverage with a few carriers including American Strategic (Progressive Home), Velocity, and others.

Its the local MLS site and they release new data about sales, Days on Market and Sold as % of list price, so you can get an idea of the velocity of the market.

Some houses as you move up the coast are still stick built but if they're in High Velocity Hurricane Zones the amount of strapping required almost cancels out any savings  you would realize from wood framing.1.

You will learn on the way, pick up VELOCITY - the only thing that folds compounded gains and time. 

And this would be a good reason to concentrate on a particular market so you can build a team and there is enough velocity that your a valued client.. 

It's easier for the marketers to find suckers for 500 bucks or 1,000 then to find an actual deal and have velocity that way.

@Bobby Shell if your goal is to pay them down, look into velocity banking.

If you just keep 1031 exchanging then that shouldn't be an issue until way down the road.Yes, the government takes some of it back when you sell, however, when we think about the velocity of money, allowing us to take depreciation as an expense, leaves more money in our pockets in the short term, allowing us to reinvest that money in the economy (e.g. more real estate, other investments).

With this strategy the velocity at which you make or potentially loose money is much higher then most other strategies. 

The idea is you want a certain size metro ( gives you a potential " velocity " of tenants to be able to pull from.