However, I want to ensure I'm properly structuring deals, receiving legal and fair compensation. 

Your success is much more influenced by how well you play in a market, how good your team is, than by picking a marginal better market.

Decide which game you want to play.

Given your tax situation, I think a fair price you could expect to pay is between $500 - $1,000.

The most recent job fair featured over 20,000 open positions.In ConclusionWhile nothing is guaranteed, the combination of population growth and limited land for expansion virtually assures that prices and rents will continue to increase.Thanks for reading my post.

You are just making profit from the yield play.  

Been hearing a lot of investors had their properties royally screwed up from Milton. My neighbors on the first floor where I live, got close to 4 feet of flooding.
How did the storm effect your local portfolio?

You will need to really start playing the long game though and focus on securing assets that have good underlying fundamentals as you will need to get more creative with the financing if you want to keep moving quickly.

Fair point - but I will be partnering with someone who has good MF experience.

At the last job fair, there were over 20,000 open positions.