I tell ya I'm striking out right now too and another one of my SFH's is about to go up for lease tomorrow. 

I don't have a professional property management company - do everything myself but it strikes me as a difficult thing for an individual landlord to do?

Warren BuffetThe trick is to see the opportunities and be poised to strike.

Maybe we strike up a relationship and make money together somehow in the future?  

The "Mansion Tax," officially the "Homelessness and Housing Solutions Tax," means that if a sale amount exceeds $10 million, it will be subject to an additional tax rate of 5.5%.The new tax law, higher interest rates, increased housekeeping wages, and the largest union strike in history in SoCal have impacted investment activity in the market.

So it is up to you to figure out your strike point .

Being based in Tampa, that's one of those variables I'd put in the "meteor strike" category.

(D-Los Angeles)- Local Government: Surplus Land Act: exemptions.AB 1764 by the Committee on Housing and Community Development – Housing omnibus.SB 4 by Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) – Planning and zoning: housing development: higher education institutions and religious institutions.SB 34 by Thomas Umberg (D-Santa Ana) – Surplus land disposal: violations: County of Orange.SB 82 by Seyarto (R-Murrieta) – Property taxation: disabled veterans’ exemption: eligibility letters.SB 229 by Thomas Umberg (D-Santa Ana) – Surplus land: disposal of property: violations: public meeting.SB 240 by Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R-Yucaipa) – Surplus state real property: affordable housing and housing for formerly incarcerated individuals.SB 267 by Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton) – Credit history of persons receiving government rent subsidies.SB 341 by Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park) – Housing development.SB 423 by Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) – Land use: streamlined housing approvals: multifamily housing developments.SB 439 by Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) – Special motions to strike: priority housing development projects.SB 482 by Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas) – Multifamily Housing Program: supportive housing: capitalized operating reserves.SB 520 by Kelly Seyarto (R-Murrieta) – Property taxation: homeowners’ exemption.SB 593 by Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) – Redevelopment: successor agency debt: City and County of San Francisco.SB 684 by Anna Caballero (D-Merced) – Land use: streamlined approval processes: development projects of 10 or fewer residential units on urban lots under 5 acres.SB 713 by Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) – Planning and zoning: density bonuses: development standard.SB 734 by Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) – Property tax: possessory interests.SB 747 by Anna Caballero (D-Merced) – Land use: surplus land.SB 789 by Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica) : Elections: Senate Constitutional Amendment 2 of the 2021–22 Regular Session and Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5 of the 2023–24 Regular Session.

However, I would personally like to house hack a duplex while building up the house fund even more to strike on a forever home a year or 2 while living in the duplex. 

So it strikes me that if this were a purchase in Florida where it says you live, then there is a cooling off period when you make a purchase.