Thats a lot of work that a company would have to do and they would want their money back on the development costs.

What do you want your ideal life to look life?

Zillow is not ideal because this is a monthly furnished rental - which Zillow doesn't have a specific platform for - but that's what has worked for me up to now. 

There's only a handful of these in the Bonita market that meet the ideal criteria for your strategy, but they're much more prevalent in Fort Myers.

Ideally, these would be vacant and abandoned properties that have not been sold in the past 5+ years.

Contractors, unless you have a working relationship with them, normally do not want you bouncing ideas off them.Understand what their hourly rate is, have a discussion with them that you are okay with paying them an hourly rate if they walk the property with you and provide you a scope of work along with an explanation of what you can/can't get away with in regards to improvements.ask them if you go with them, if they can credit you the amount that you paid.Once you develop a working relationship with a few contractors, you can bounce ideas off them and expect quality responses.I do not invest in New York.Best of luck. 

Ideally you want to be West of HWY 71

Other than new construction development same here we have no senior debt its all cash.. of course unlevered returns are are a little less but man is it so much easier to manage and not worry about paying the senior debt all the reporting One has to do etc etc.. having been through a terrible down cycle with syndication decades past and watching what the guys I worked for went through and lost I just decided if we cant pay cash I am not going to do it. 

Sales is a time-intensive venture, and it takes years to develop a pipeline of clients.

The consistent population and job growth are driving real estate values along with many companies choosing to move and develop here like Intel, Amazon, Google, Meta, etc.