It may sound bias but my suggestion is also coming from understanding what happens backstage.

But falling in love with a property, for any reason, will add bias to your math and ultimately create unrealistic financial expectations.

Invest in real estateMy choice and preference is RE, of course you can say I am bias, however, 100% of my income is derived from RE.

I might be biased, but once you buy you first investment property, it is easy to "screw things up". 

@Mike Lambert Great info...very helpful to get a perspective from an experienced investor in the area vs. local developer who has bias.

Great question-just like @Ric Ernst said, I am biased, but I think it is incredibly important to work with an independent insurance agent.

I work at RentPrep so I’m fairly biased.

I know Tampa is hot investment area right now however, may be a bit biased because I live there, but Palm Beach is definitely a place that you would want to look into.

Internet is over-pouring with disinformation today, it's all bias confirmation.

Red States tend to have much more affordable housing than Blue States, I believe.The real problem is that Wages have effectively been stagnating over decades while Shelter has steadily increased for both Ownership and Rent.Where there are much larger population, there is a change towards renting rather than owning because the most recent TWO generations actually cannot afford to purchase a home.That lead to a huge increase in Renters.With the YUGE increase in Renters, naturally, there will be a push to enact laws that are biased for Renters... at least seemingly biased (we know that virtually all Economists predict that Rent Regulations will inevitably cause the remaining market apt rents to rise as well as a extreme time frames to get a rent regulated apt which can be as much as 30 years).My guess is that if Red States start shifting towards renters from Home Ownership in general, over time, they will begin the process of implementing some sort of rent regulations eventually.SO.... my thoughts, which can be wrong, I admit, is that once the population of renters reach a high majority over home owners AND there is a significant shortage of affordable renting options, rent regulations is inevitable.The only way rent regulations will not happen is if there is either no short supply of apts for the large demands of renters.So is it Red versus Blue or is it Renters versus Landlords?