Still, it’s a simple place to start if you just want to spin your wheels.

Super easy to clean at turnover, lasts longer, is more durable, etc

Sounds like there's a stubborn or unmotivated owner behind the wheel of that ship.Best of luck!  

Which is great if your on the correct path, however, if your wheels then are not pointed in the right direction you can crash and burn quicker too.

I am focusing on just flipping, fix n flipping as I have learned that you can get distracted by all the different strategies and end up spinning your wheels. 

I don't mean to sound confrontational, but Peter is clearly looking for information on how to buy his first house in a new market, and to fill his head with delusions of grandeur about 20 caps will pretty much have him spinning his wheels and never pulling the trigger on anything.Peter, there are lots of nice up-and-coming areas in Tampa (there are also some bad areas to stay out of, namely Sulphur Springs and anything around North Howard Ave by Downtown).

I know pebble tech is much more durable in the long run (and more expensive), but will we see a ROI when we sell our property?

You don't wan to be out there spinning your wheels for no reason.As an investor, and investor's agent myself, I've found my biggest value add is being able to develop a fairly accurate scope of work for the investor when walking a property before having contractors out. 

Here I am several years later, still stuck in the wheel working for the man.  

So, in term of already existing information, you don't want to re-invent the wheel.