Once you know what funds you have and what you need, you can then start shopping for that first flip investment.

If you are hiring a one-man shop, the odds of that one-man being able to put the effort needed into all the areas needed across 50 or 100 units is very rare, much better service with a team that can take 2am calls and deal with villages etc.

We are a small shop in the Philly market and we try to stay in our lane. 

One stop shop.

I am also considering just running the convenience shop for awhile and later adding in the gas station if it makes sense. 

.), rentometer, and calling competitive properties to "price shop".

And when you're shopping for your replacement properties in your 1031 exchange you'll also want to pay special attention to the current insurance on the property.

Here in Orlando, for the most part, the home HAS to be stellar to attract the guest that isn't shopping by price first, but the experience. 

**Additional Tips**: Any other advice or insights related to landlord insurance that I should keep in mind as I shop for the best policy?

All my decades doing HML s for investor pretty much to a person at some point they get burnt out landlord syndrome and especially my SF Bay area clients when I had my shop in Oakland.