As a smaller investor, it's great to do all the data analysis with widely tracked metrics, but its also refreshing to hear the emotional and experiential data points from fellow investors as well.

Have your eyes wide open - your first few buy close to home so understand the process.

From cozy cabins to expansive luxury estates, there's a wide range of opportunities for investors here. 

Your spread of counties is way too wide which means you don't have a plan and must be using some data to suggest this area may be worth it, but what's your goal?

I then completed a wholesale deal a year or two later and that’s the extent of my experience. 

@Vin Gupta Insurance is an issue state wide, not just Orlando.

One other thought too- if you feel like you are having too many deals, maybe then your buy box may be too wide, and and you can narrow in on what area / location / return you truly want. 

Yes Art, you will be subject to UBIT to the extent of debt taken as compared to the property value.

Select a larger area that is at least 30 minutes in each direction. with maybe a hand full of exceptions I am pretty sure you would be hard pressed to find a mix that represents the demographic cross section of this country and therefor a wide range of neighborhoods.

My apologies to the other 5%.The simple fact of the matter is most of these guys are lying about their success in real estate, and to whatever extent they are not, their expert knowledge consists mostly of things you could learn by reading BiggerPockets for a few days.