Hard to narrow down in such a big state. 

I guess my question is, should I narrow my focus to one REI strategy or keep it broad and analyze each opportunity individually?

That’ll help narrow things down and make sure you’re not spinning your wheels.

When everything was said and done, we walked away with $50K in profit.The Key Takeaway for WholesalersMost wholesalers would have completely ignored this deal because it wasn’t assignable at a high spread.

There's a thousand different ways to go with real estate investing, sometimes it can be difficult to narrow in on one or two specific paths.

The initial area I will focus on is in NE FL and has the following: - Population: 81K - Median HH Income: $109K - Median Age: 45 - # of HH's: 32,958 I'd like to keep my area smaller in the beginning so I can better controll marketing expenses, while avoiding spreading them too thin. 

If I can find a deal with a good enough spread, then perhaps that will alleviate the concern.

It might help to eliminate the markets that you don't want to invest in to help narrow your search. 

There appears to be no shortage of these on the market, so if I can meet these criterion over and over again, what do you guys do to narrow down the field and find the BEST deal possible?

Each of your homes will start at a lower cost basis and you will get slightly less depreciation each year to offset but you have spread that depreciation over multiple properties so now selling any one property will result in less impact on taxes than just selling your first without a 1031.