Let me first acknowledge that your idea of getting a presence in a robust and growing vacation area sounds like a winner.

Real deals are done using a robust team of experts who specialize in the business.

To add to what others have posted, Texas' robust real estate market means that a very small % of homes have underwater mortgages, which means slim pickings for short sales.

They own Loopnet as well, but Costar is much more robust.    

My longterm (20+ years) goals are to become a multimillionaire international real estate investor.My short term (1-2 years) goals are to wholesale, wholesale, and wholesaleMy medium length goals (3-5) are to invest in SFR's, duplexes, triplexes, and 4-plexes with the intention of 1031'ing them into apartment complexesAround the 6-9 year range I plan on having a pretty robust portfolio including some long term SFR's that were too good to sell, along with some apartment complexes.By this point I should have sufficient enough knowledge/experience/capital to seriously see myself moving closer to my ultimate goal of becoming a multimillionaire with properties all around the world.

Talk to your lawyer about how to set up your LLC and ask whether or not it will be worth it to protect your assets, or if something like a robust umbrella insurance policy will suffice. 2) Potential tax benefits.

I also, see the market in a robust state for several years to come - the commercial market is moving and land prices continue to go up. 

All 3 are robust markets.

It doesn't need to be crazy robust, but of course our goal is to grow, so some scale-ability. 

I thought the real estate space would have a company already providing this service since so many of us are self-teaching, but if you know of any robust digital learning tools in any industry I am interested.