I have certain skills useful to the community and so I volunteer (currently or recently):church running video 4x / monthchaperone school field trips 3x / yearmentor after-school engineering competition 2x / weekcurriculum advisory committee for school district, parent repcontinuing ed committee for school district, parent repyouth soccer club president ("club" = $1M/yr budget)athletic association directorMore specific to your point, I'm an engineer.  

The Tampa "markets" not "market" will not always comply with the 70% rule, due to competition from other investors and demand for properties. 

I imagine that even by next year I may be the only person with the concept in the city I choose, so direct competition will be minimal to start at least.

An economy recovering from a recession, crippling student debt, and an overly competitive job market are just a few of the things to list when naming the struggles millennials are facing in their early lives.

Nadav,Its hard to say if the rates are competitive with out knowing more. 

If you're doing your first mailing, your best bet is *not* to buy a list unless you are *not* in a competitive area, got cash to burn, and just wanna get started as quickly as possible.

I know people look on AirBnB at competitors around the place, and see what prices they are putting so that you can be competitive. 

There's a ton of competition here right now.

@Jeff Banky Indianapolis is good, but competitive. 

Approximately, this would calculate to around 5k monthly of gross income (depending on different variables such as property tax, pmi, insurance, etc.) only getting a 1% percent return per purchase price, 10K monthly if all the assets producing at a 2% rate. 2% rentals are tough to come across especially in today's competitive market, but I myself recently closed on a duplex that has the potential to be producing 1.04% rental income of the purchase price, the crazy thing is I did not realize this until I was already 2 months deep house hacking!