If you were a FL native, you'd think, fun back in the 80s during Beach Week, Spring Break and they have the race track, but you would never want to live there!  

Find someone with a solid track record of new construction builds. 

They would be the ones to answer that question based on your credit, income, debts, if you qualify for down payment assistance, etc.A second point, is that if you find a house within your means and don’t overextend yourself, you will likely come out on top in terms of housing costs compared to renting in the long run. 

If you need assistance with eyes on the ground, resources or companies to work with, my suggestion would be to get on here and be transparent just like you were with this post. 

If you are always dishing out assistance, people will return the favor down the line.

Also, don't foget to factor in charging for your ongoing time if the MTR guest requires assistance during their stay.

I even do my own taxes on turbo tax, but use management software to collect rent and track expenses.

I suggest you look into commercial lending, to learn about it before you require it, and start looking for people in the lending space who can assist you as you move forward and with whom you can develop relationships.You now have mad skills and experience doing the whole demo and rebuild, and if you can repeat a few times, your one deal enables you to add a couple others.  

If the answers are "yes" and "no" to those questions, respectively I'd highly suggest you look into Detroit's down payment assistance program.

Forced appreciation fast tracks the journey allowing you to buy more faster.