One of my clients is starting to flip houses and has a few rentals he does full time, so I may approach him to take me on a deal.

Thanks for all of your support, and if anyone has questions about foreclosures in AZ, fix and flip or boy and hold SFR i would be happy to help.  

The comps in the area are strong and support the purchase of the property if I can negotiate the price down a little more than where I have it currently.

If they are planning to be rolling around in Bentleys like Wall Street banker, they wont last long, but if their prices stay within average or better, who cares, your saving money if you know it or not.If your flip can't support a fair price, your not doing to good as an investor, it's not the vendors fault you overpaid for a property and can't pay market for work to repair it. 

Plenty of other opportunities elsewhere, my clients are involved in institutional grade properties across the country.

The contractors will will be on schedule also, since HD holds the money until the client is satisfied.

. * if I decide to go this route, I would need a realtor who 1) knows Tampa well, 2) who works with investors, 3) has lots of hustle and is responsive, but also has a HIGH level of integrity, 4) who listens well and doesn't waste their client's time showing them properties they know are higher than the client's price range, AND 5) has patience to walk a client through a deal where the client has an extremely demanding job.

Even if you are only interested in being a contractor, fixing this property up right could be a great showcase for you and any potential future clients.

I've had clients take colors from a previous home and put them in there new home and wonder why it doesn't work and that's because of the colors of the materials and the lighting in the new house aren't the same.

It has support posts, but the structure is only bolted on to the brick of the building, whereas, a good long term solution would be to drill through the brick, hit a stud, and attach the structure to the stud.