You are out-of-state, seemingly inexperienced, and you want to work on a historical property (notoriously the ones that are the hardest and always overspend and under-allow) with no contacts in the area.

It’s a bummer it couldn’t work out for them but it seems that every place to rent has it’s “hiccups” and some places are just not a good fit for some families.I can understand your reasoning.

I feel like I’m in the perfect position to start investing my money into real estate instead of stocks because it seems like the ROI with stocks is lower than with real estate.I’m close with my brothers and we’re all working and still living with our parents, so we don’t have much expenses.

I dig deeper into the regs on the city’s website and it seems like both long and short term rentals are allowed so not sure why I was told otherwise over the phone.  

Home seems to be in great condition as I spoke to the REO agent and they were able to give me the "inside scoop" on the condition of the property.

BiggerPockets has its arsenal of tools, yet the draw of Airdna’s precise data seems more of what my clients might need.

FB seems to be getting some views but it doesn’t translate into anything.

He has been working on properties his whole life so he’s a great resource and partner on getting the work done but as this is my first purchase and reno, I am looking for a few suggestions on finishes so I can finish working out my numbers.The house was bought from a local investor who seems to have run out of money and was offloading about 3-5 properties in my area.

As a wholesaler I came across different types of list of potential leads but pre-foreclosures seemed to interest me the most.

Tampa seems like a really good market, I'd want to know how bad insurance is there however.