If you don't have access to the MLS, I've found that Prop Wire is very good for running comps since it has option filters that will make your search easier and faster.

Love to touch base and explore more together!

In Florida, you get grandfathered on property taxes based on when the value you paid when you purchased each property.  

Good Luck with your search!

A large asset base for some certain reason?

You will learn a ton here :) I am based in San Jose and invest out of state in Ohio and north Kentucky.

Thomas Tusser 1557This company purported to flip urban Baltimore row houses. from the article above, one investor bought 2500 Hollins street west baltimore for 20k, then spent 20.5k for rehab, a simple Google street view search shows it to be abandoned row houses in worst neighborhood of highest crime city in America.

I would not start investing, creating businesses, or doing anything in life based on a unicorn example, whether it be real or imagined.I would look at the industry from the top down, figure out what realistic margins are, and see if I can gain a competitive advantage or beat general market returns by a few % points.  

I currently have a European based property investment company with capital to invest in the us?

Its super high, based on my assessments this year, its very difficult to get a  positive cash flow property in most cases (some states may have it).