The 1 bedroom currently has a section 8 tenant paymentAll the rents are under the fair market value for its zip range.  

If you are ok with doing some rehab there are plenty of good wholesalers in the SWFL area that might be able to find something in your price range.

Does anyone of any suggestions on emerging areas that would be a great place to buy something in the range of 20-40 units?

What is the price range you are looking for?

However I have done residential real estate deals in 13 states using various exit strategies and my main advantage for this project is that I own a GC company within range of the property with experience handling large scale projects.

I found a company selling small notes on raw land ($10-$50k range) that they buy out of bankruptcy/tax sales. 

I've been searching for residential multi-families in the $1M - $1.3M range to offset my mortgage by renting out other units.

They’ve taken payments for premiums and not bound the policies, and let the policies lapse without my knowledge.

Des Moines has more people, houses, and price ranges.

Have you expanded the geographical range, and gone further back in time?