South Florida and the Gulf Coast are much more difficult to insure compared to Central Florida and the Jacksonville area.

Currently residing in Jacksonville Florida, Working on my 3rd investment property.

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For example our latest Jacksonville deal (82 units) had about a 10% COC return on average.

Try First Florida Credit Union out of Jacksonville.

The current lease is up in June and the house will likely sell in the $350-360k range-- in June I will owe about $308k on the place.I'd like to be done with the headache and move onto more investment properties in the Jacksonville, FL area.  

I own 2 rental properties, a former primary home of ours, a 3/2.5 in Round Lake, IL and a condo in Oak Park, IL.I say that I'm also from Daytona Beach because my wife and I are thinking about relocating to the Daytona Beach or Jacksonville area.  

Looking to get started investing in rental properties in Jacksonville North Carolina, specifically around the two marine bases.

This article is by no means the first of it's kind, but interesting nonetheless.http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/print-edition/2012/08/31/big-money-gobbles-up-foreclosed-homes.html?

Most people I work with live in primary markets (as opposed to Birmingham, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Memphis, Little Rock, Jacksonville, Ohio, or other secondary or tertiary markets) where the Rent-to-Value Ratios are under 1%.