The Tampa area has an influx of people moving here. 

I will never understand property managers.

Some people don't like having others around but I've found I really don't mind it if I choose the right person.  

There's plenty of great and smart people on here and in our local area that can offer advice, but I would offer two things:1.  

I know sec 8  always on the short here in CA because people don’t like to rent to Section 8.  

Based on my research so far it seems the most easy to find CRE mortgages are short term (up to 10 years, though amortized 25-30), but I have also seen people repeatedly state that you CAN find longer term CRE loans.  

A lot of people like ListSource but it depends on what you're doing and there are a lot of alternatives, just search around.

I think it depends on your integrations and the settings available, but 50% pro: more people can afford to book it now so possibly higher occupancy rate; con: you better make sure your systems are in place to check and double check 100% collected before check in.

(https://learn.lofty.ai/en/articles/7025226-sell-equity-in-yo...)I understand I can also sell and do a 1031 - I've successfully done that once, and failed a second time (could not win an offer and ran out of time - had to pay a ton of capital gains tax). 

Additionally, I've thought about going in on some properties and flipping with other people that I know have a track record of working on multi-family homes.About me:- I'm 19 years old.- Make about $65,000 a year before taxes (confident I will be making six figures in the next 2-3 years).- I work anywhere from 50-60 hours a week (I work in video production).- I would have roughly 35-40 hours a week available to dedicate to progressing my real estate journey.For me, the big appeal of being an investor in syndication deals is that it is not as time intensive as other real estate ventures, so I can focus more time into progressing my career in video production and growing my income there.