Just filed so that our team can be fully up and running in the greater Tampa Bay area.

As you know, parking is a disaster anywhere in the SD beach area.

He knows a ton about the area.

At least Passaic and even Hackensack (bit more $ than Passaic but still a few class C areas left) are not as tenant friendly as compared to Essex county.

Depends on markets of course, so if you are a HCOL area with high list prices, this may be out of reach even with 100k+ to put down (while you can get away with less, this may create a problem with too high of a PMI and overall mortgage payment). 

Cash flow is solid, tenants just signed on for a second year after I increased rent 100 a month.I'm looking to use this as a platform for more investments but am having trouble figuring out how to finance other deals in the area.

So, if interest rates are a buyer’s primary roadblock, then I recommend negotiating a rate buydown at a seller’s expense or looking at new construction, where builders are offering rate reductions and other substantial incentives.What if I’m a seller?

If you are a licensed contractor for instance and capable of major remodeling projects as your trade, this would be considered adding value to the property and would risk IRS action.Sounds like "improving" or "upgrading" the place is not allowed.

That's a good area.

Based on your questions above and this one, sounds like it would be beneficial for you to have an Architect on your team initially to go over all the processes for your build in your area.