Be sure to read Jeff Brown's recent blog post on Roth solo 401ks: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/01/24/capital-growth-cash-flow-taxes/ it really opened my eyes to some things to consider going forward

I wonder if there are strict liquor license laws, I know in enterprise the city hasn't granted anymore so you have to buy someone else out... may be the reason for no real growth in bar scene.

The government doesn't want to be tasked with providing for people that were unable to screen things properly and thus has this bar set up.The rules were changed with The JOBS Act a few years ago and the SEC finally issued their interpretation of things late last year.

Is the area experiencing economic growth?

Because of the economic downturn and with this slower-than-expected growth, the tax department is experiencing a large task of gathering Rs 2.5 lakh crore in the next three months to meet the Budget Estimate of Rs 6.7 lakh crore that represented a growth of 19 per cent over last year’s mop-up.January 6, Monday, Finance Minister P Chidambaram took a review meeting concerning about muted tax collections with officials from the Central Board of Excise & Customs and Central Board of Direct Taxes.

Is there job growth?

I wasn't sure to place this post.Has anyone hired a local assistant to help with basic tasks, property management, errands, etc?

I have 150k to get started but am faced with some options. 1) Use the 150k to buy a primary residence for ourselves then use that equity to finance future real estate investments or 2) buy houses to flip in an effort to increase my capital. 3) Buy a multifamily unit to rent out and use that equity/income to finance future deals.I am also looking at the projected population growth for the state of Florida and was wondering if we should focus our efforts in another county.

If you have the ability to purchase and funds to get started they might spend time educating you as it leads to a business and a relationship going forward.If you have no money then really what you have is time to try and shadow and investor and do gopher type task items to learn from the ground up.

Basically they list properties that meet their various criteria (rent to value ratio, etc) and only work in areas with certain criteria as well (job groth, pop. growth, low crime rate) and then set you up with a property manager (you can select your own or theirs).I'm not even sure if they make any money off of you buying their listed properties.