You have to have a solid trustworthy boots on the ground type of person on your team. 

as long as you are partnered with or have the right trusted team in place it doesnt matter where you are located.. but in my experience if you are investing far away you are better off becoming a passive investor

My cost of living is very low so I wanted to dedicate my time full time to building this business.

@Tom KellerI can speak to what I know which is Multifamily.The beauty of Multifamily syndication, which is a turnkey model for the Equity partner/s, is the team aspect of it.A syndication team allows you (Active or Passive) to work in your field and continue to make $ while the team of operators run the asset/business.  

I am not working with a realtor at the moment but would like to get an investor friendly one on my team.

Las Vegas will have its first major national sports team (NHL).

Today we grabbed dinner together and kinda got on the subject of teams since the vast majority of the office we work at is all on one single team, like 41 agents on the same team under 1 veteran agent.

We are husband & wife team Emilio & Madeline.We are new to Tampa and new to Real Estate Investing. 

Thanks for all the great thoughts Team!!!

I'm sure the competition in a place like LA could be tough, so maybe meet some other local wholesalers here and team up?