You'll find an abundance of ways in the following link:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/93/topics/541...

@Alexander Bigwood, thanks for the message and sorry to give you a brain dump below, but your question about the starting point is very good.If you have an abundance of time than your focus needs to be simply on two things - Deals and Dollars.

Leon county has an abundance of lakes, over 63, state forest preserves, parks all over.

Peace, Abundance and Blessings!

SFRs and small multi family are the most abundant types. 

With the abundance of short-term rental options available, property owners must stay proactive in promoting their listings to attract potential guests.

Looking at the bright side this market will hardly give you any prolonged vacancies and you can be sure to have a abundance of tenants to screen in order to find a quality tenant. 

At least in my markets, there is an abundance of people on the program.

There is an abundance of opportunity here for reasons such as Intel, Google, and Amazon investing billions of dollars into the market and plenty of other business moving here for the rising economy. 

I appreciate your candid, abundance mindset about a competitor.