You are probably better off tracking population changes and permits granted, projects started and projects completed.Even if you find a pattern, the extreme distortions in the market like abnormally low interest rates may make any conclusions questionable.I am not suggesting you do not try, as you will learn a ton in the process.

The real estate industry is very competitive and EXTREMELY expensive with  large overheads and you will need to spend a lot of money on marketing if you want to build it into a successful career.

In South Florida I'd say it's extremely difficult to find a property that would fit the 1% rule... probably if you start looking much farther out, maybe in central Florida?

@Serj Savchuk You have extremely low liability at only $100,000.  

While I do not subscribe strictly to either major political party, I do notice a correlation between sometimes extremely restrictive landlord/tenant laws and the color of the state on the electoral map every four years.

I am extremely interested in the downtown Winter Garden area so I watch it very very closely and I am now working with one investor and one family wanting to purchase in the area.I have been listening to the BP podcast in the car for a few months now (just about all I listen to) so I feel like I have picked up a good bit of knowledge from it but it's nothing compared from the knowledge you gain doing a deal.  

As I'm sure you know, homes around this area are extremely expensive and hardly worth buying to rent out.

You are in an extremely aggressive flip market.  

Safe and extremely walkable.

I became an investor before I became an agent, and it was extremely apparent that many agents don't really have a solid grasp of how investors make decisions.