This is a growing Area!

What's also great is that even as a newbie there have been plenty of opportunities for me to also provide grow by giving feedback to others and sharing ideas. 

St Johns is just so new and it is growing so it is hard to find good deals there. 

Jay Hello an Welcome to BP I would Recommend you Join your Local Real Estate Club in Your Area so You can Meet other Like Minded People an get to know them Personally an build an grow.

One fact that you uncover, example, the gasoline manufacturing plant next door, the rental properties that surround your property, etc.  

Maybe when the cash flow grows I'll look into other forms of REI to diversify my portfolio but for now house hacking, buy and hold is a no brainer!

My property is located a mile from a fast-growing university and an interstate with easy access to shopping, restaurants, etc.  

I'm looking for a good landscaping contractor to plant a tree at my rental in the Copperfield area of Houston in Sommerall.

@William Morgan  most parts of the country are not blessed with our state of the art title plants . they have no clue what the customer service part of a title co is or even exists.. jFor me I can call any of my title companies on the west coast and in 90 seconds get a verbal date down.. capturing all but the most obscure liens .. but enough to know if I want to persue it or not.and its FREE.those that have to work in like IL which is totally *** backwards  or states with closings attorneys this information is much tougher to get and NOT timely.. can take 3 to 5 days to get title back.We get a full prelim or title commitment same day.. but then again most of our title plants are in the  Philippines  we do not send in live person to pull records.. 

This is actually being done by a Company currently in Costa Rica in one of the fastest growing markets around.