Together, we can help communities not just recover, but thrive. 💪 what's this have to do with new construction and development? 

Over time your Tampa investment will start to cash flow.

those that dont know CA have no clue how much development is there and there is no way its going to crash like a detroit or something.  

Don't start throwing ideas at them like seller financing or numbers etc until you have an idea of if they actually intend to sell and what their needs are around the sale.

I’ve had several deals like this on the buy side and sell side where the “gremlins” came out and started whispering against my intuitions.  

I will add that you definitely do not need to be near your investments, but it makes things a lot easier when you first start off. 

small town means small appraisals. will never get it done unless you start buidling a lot of them.

There is a harsh Reality when you start acquiring more units to your rental property portfolio.

I am considering working with a property developer in NJ to buy land, build a duplex/triplex and sell it (6-9 month time horizon).  

In Columbus, you can still find the 1% rule and there's amazing appreciation potential due to how much population growth, job growth, and companies moving/developing there (recently Anduril just announced another 4,000 jobs coming to Columbus Ohio on top of Intel, Google, Amazon, FB, Nationwide, Ohio State University, etc.).