The southwest area; Dr Phiilips, Windermere and Winter Garden are good for investing, as well as the SE side near the new Medical City (VA Hospital, Nemours, University of Florida Medical School, and Burnham Institute).

asking because SE  borrowers can  be more challenging to  get approeved as  most  lenders  will  use  previous 2  yrs of tax  returns to  determine the  qualifying income 

This is not per se a reason to invest somewhere, but I think most of us enjoy being around people we like.

I can see us consolidating our investments in various cities in FL and SE US once we move down there, and managing them ourselves some day. 

Background info:  There are communities where row homes are the norm, eg: Boston's lucrative Back Bay, lots of them in San Fran, Brooklyn NY.In the suburbs, we expect SFRs with yards, but there are those than would just as soon not go there.The issue is not the property per se, but the expectations of the local market.

I was wondering if anybody has done this before or has any advice or contacts for Vietnam, Thailand or SE Asia.Thanks for any help you can provide.

@Alan Berlin, It's really not even a 1031 question per se.  

When I got my license and check around, ReMax was the only one that had desk fees per se (Each month you pay a flat fee to have your license/desk at the brokerage-the monthly flat fee was revolutionary business model that propelled them to success.

Hello, JesseI have a few SFR rentals in SE Aurora 80013, 80015.

Not at night per se, but you won't have control of your time the way you sort of do now.