My ultimate goal is to use this capital to generate enough cash flow to focus on real estate full-time.

I would focus on the house hack and not take a pay cut.

Curious why you want to focus on multi-state and not close to home?

Quote from @Landon Sheveland: Curb appeal to attract attention, then kitchens and bathrooms are usually the most important areas to focus on.

I wouldn't focus singularly on individual city initiatives/projects and would recommend focusing more on fundamentals.

Overall I would personally consider how I can still grow with the freedom that I have focusing on my real estate.

If you’re set on Florida, focus on areas just outside the main city that are still growing—you’ll find better deals there.

It will also allow you to focus more of your time and resources in the actual real estate vs. raising capital which usually leads to poor real estate acquisition and operational decisions because raising capital is your full time job leaving an inadequate amount of time for the real estate.OK, chasing 32unit apartments, acquisition priced between 3.2M - 4.8M.  

In 2024, I focused on the Charlotte, NC market, completing 21 deals in my first year of taking consistent action.

.- Working a W2 as a firefighter, posting and consuming content- Leaving my W2 to dive deep into real estate investing and working as an agent... and still watching/posting content all while business was ok - Deleting social media apps (one have one on my phone that I use 10 minutes or less a day), diving deep into building my business and skills which have drastically increased due to pure focus and increasing my business significantly- moral of the story... focus on the things you need to do in business (dollar productive activities) and life experiences while reducing consumption will increase your success