"If part of your plan is to live there let that be your deciding factor first.Tampa is a bigger city, more things to do, more amenities.

Otherwise, going from one to the other (walking home from work, then armchair in the evening) is awkward and time-consuming.Please investigate what it would take to add this feature to all Bigger Pockets books that include both audio and e-text editions! 

Welcome to bigger pockets Robb Chamberlain and good luck on your REI journey!

Not sure if this is strictly fair as the full rent would still be being paid under the terms of the lease by the other two tenants.I've gotten a lot of value from the insights on offer here on Bigger Pockets, and I'd appreciate any insight as to how you have handled similar issues in the past.

@Alex Houser Welcome to Bigger Pockets. 

There are tons of posts here on Bigger Pockets about both.Feel free to email or call anytime with specific questions.

It's just the resources seem far and few as compared to a Kansas City or somewhere bigger.

Or that's just for bigger property developments?

After listening to almost all of the Bigger Pockets podcasts, my fiancé and I are l starting to dive into creative ways to find deals- one of which was contacting landlords with recent evictions in our surrounding cities and counties.

Hi All,I want to first start out by saying thank you to the many of you that I have had the chance to connect with through Bigger Pockets, both over lunch/coffee and here online.With that being said, over the past two years, my wife and I have virtually eliminated all of our "bad" debt and currently saving capital for our first real estate investment purchase.We have truly been committing ourselves to better understanding the in's and out's through our own research and are getting much closer to finally taking action.I am from San Diego, recently moved to Orange County, and I'm sure as many of you know the entry level capital required for investing in CA is quite high due to the cost of living (I could be completely mistaken as I only know the OC & SD market to an extent).