You can check out my market updates to get a grip on the market in SWFL.

A saturated and expensive market. 

Even with the recent stock market chaos, there's some bright news for mortgage companies.

Bankers move around, rates increase and decrease, market conditions change, but these personal relationships can remain a constant throughout your career and will be critical to your success. 

A good property manager can help you focus in on the right neighborhood and property for the market.

I never would have thought prices would increase as much as they have, but I'm happy I bought when I did even if not all of them cash flowed.I also have properties in two very different markets. 

I am located at Central Florida area, and I believe that even with the high prices, higher interest rates and huge supply of real state down here, still out here many great opportunities.The market still hot, we just need to adjust the approach..... at least are my guts feelings.v/r

This is likely your target market.

After 5 properties, I'm about to jump into direct to seller marketing and trying to pick up deal flow that way.

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.