But negative experiences come with the territory.

@Tanisha ElieHere is some information for your considerationPolk County/Lakeland is ideally located centrally to Orlando and Tampa, we have many warehouses strategically located throughout Polk County, to include warehouses for Amazon, IKEA, RoomsToGo, PepsiCo and Publix which make this area strategic for distribution throughout Florida, not to mention Publix is headquartered in Lakeland, and we also have a large presence for Coca Cola bottling and Juices in Auburndale, FL which is about 10-20 min from Lakeland.You will also find LegoLand located in Winter Haven, which is and adventurous theme park with rides and a water park, ideal for the kids, we have many families visiting this area year round, this helped cause an uptick in short term rentals (airbnb, VRBO). https://www.legoland.com/florida/Lakeland is also home to the yearly SUN 'n FUN held in April, which is Florida's largest annual convention, which spans over 6 days on 2200 acres, and it has been recorded to have had a $64 Million direct and indirect economic impact on the I-4 corridor (From Tampa to Orlando). https://www.flysnf.org/about/We have team in this area working on most aspects of investing, I would be glad to help, PM me if you want to chat further.

Until you start getting connections in place to handle a larger scale rehab, I wouldn't venture into that territory.

PR is a US territory so its pretty much the same as in the US.

If this is completely unfamiliar territory for you then my advice is simple; go network. 

I thought it seemed a little odd but this is new territory for me.

I'd proceed carefully here as we are trending into the 'too good to be true' territory.

If what I was going to say has already been said, I'll just vote for that one and carry on.Bugs me seriously when the 'I didn't take the time to read all you peeons opinions' people grace us with their presence. 

I guess it goes with the territory and I need to plan accordingly.

Out of state coaching can work but they do not know the intimate details of your area and the nuisances of investing in that territory.