There is a lot of pressure to choose your tenants wisely, and make sure they all get a long.

Quote from @Shoaib Ali Chaudhary: Quote from @Jonathan Greene: You are in a good spot with your background and skills, but you are putting too much pressure on making it your full-time job now so you sound like you are rushing.

Maybe creative financing options or shifting property classes could help ease the pressure.

Look into local economic indicators, such as job growth, population trends, and migration patterns, to gauge potential demand in specific neighborhoods.Rental Demand: Investigate rental demand in the areas you're considering.

While it's true that some Floridians are moving out, particularly due to rising insurance costs and other economic pressures, Florida continues to see a net influx of residents.

One they fixed (AC not working), the other they got to a barely acceptable state (hot water and pressure).My favorite part related to the conference was on shuttle to the airport. 

And I look up 3 bed 2 bath houses for rent in that same zipcode to see houses similar to the one I chose to get a gauge for how much I can rent it out for. 

So I hired a company to pressure wash my apartments (8 units) in New York State and the guy fell off the roof.   

Don't feel pressured to move to a huge city in order to be successful.

The silver lining to that is that, because rents increases have been suppressed for a while, there should be some upward pressure on them to snap back up after home prices start to rise again, which is effectively happening now because rates finally went down.