Beginner Real Estate Advice

[Jason Foley]

Hello Bigger Pockets. My name is Jason Foley and I am a 25 year old professional athlete with the Detroit Tigers. I have recently gotten extremely interested in real estate investing, particularly in the Florida area. I am interested in buy and hold investing, probably with SFH or multi family. My knowledge of real estate thus far is pretty elementary, the totality coming from "Rich Dad Poor Dad", Brandons book on RE investing and reading or watching blogs or YouTube videos.

I am interested in the Florida market simply because it is very affordable and if things go south (they wont with the help of this forum) I wouldn’t mind living there as a primary residence, as a lot of my training is done in FL.

This post is to simply welcome beginner real estate advice and if anyone has experience in the Florida area and is willing to give any specifics on places to look into/avoid or really any potential helpful info into the FL market. 

Any help is much appreciated and hope to hear from you guys!

Jason