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Hey everyone! My name is Ryan. I am an investor in Tampa looking to network with other motivated people! Currently I invest in long term rentals and mobile homes. My primary career is in health care.

Looking forward to connecting!

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Jorge VazquezBusiness Member

Real Estate Broker · Tampa, FL · Member since 2017 · 1k+ posts · 700 votes

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Hey Ryan, welcome to the community! I’m Jorge Vazquez, CEO of Graystone Investment Group here in Tampa. I’ve been investing in Tampa real estate for over 20 years and currently own around 40 properties myself. Between our real estate and property management divisions, we also manage around 350 properties. We focus heavily on long-term rentals, distressed properties, and helping investors build cash-flowing portfolios. Always great connecting with other motivated Tampa investors, especially people active in long-term rentals and mobile homes. Looking forward to networking and seeing what projects you’re working on!

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Real Estate Broker · Tampa, FL · Member since 2017 · 1k+ posts · 700 votes
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Hey Ryan, welcome to the community! I’m Jorge Vazquez, CEO of Graystone Investment Group here in Tampa. I’ve been investing in Tampa real estate for over 20 years and currently own around 40 properties myself. Between our real estate and property management divisions, we also manage around 350 properties. We focus heavily on long-term rentals, distressed properties, and helping investors build cash-flowing portfolios. Always great connecting with other motivated Tampa investors, especially people active in long-term rentals and mobile homes. Looking forward to networking and seeing what projects you’re working on!
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Terrance HillPro Member
Realtor · Memphis, TN · Member since 2010 · 425 posts · 117 votes
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Welcome, Ryan. Tampa’s been a pretty active market lately for long-term rentals and mobile homes. What’s been your main focus there so far—cash flow or value-add plays?

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  Member since 2026 · 5 posts · 4 votes
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  Quote from @Terrance Hill:
  
  Welcome, Ryan. Tampa’s been a pretty active market lately for long-term rentals and mobile homes. What’s been your main focus there so far—cash flow or value-add plays?
  
  Cash flow for my long term SFRs. Flip for mobile homes. Looking for ways to find leads on distressed mobile home owners.
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Dominic Mazzarella
Investor · Hendersonville, NC · Member since 2016 · 498 posts · 285 votes
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Quote from @Ryan Cyriac:

Hey everyone! My name is Ryan. I am an investor in Tampa looking to network with other motivated people! Currently I invest in long term rentals and mobile homes. My primary career is in health care.
Looking forward to connecting!
Hey Ryan, welcome to BP. I’ve spent a decent amount of time around mobile home parks and mobile home investing.

For distressed mobile home owners, I’d look beyond the normal lists. Vacant/high equity and absentee owner lists can be useful, but a lot of people are pulling the same stuff.

Some of the better signals can come from things like code issues, repeat complaints, tax problems, utility issues, older ownership, and signs that the property has become a headache. None of those automatically mean there’s a deal, but they can help you figure out who may be worth calling first.

Are you mainly looking for individual mobile homes, small parks, or land with mobile homes on it?
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Arman AhmedPro Member
Real Estate Agent · Columbus Cleveland Dayton, OH · Member since 2024 · 2k+ posts · 967 votes
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Quote from @Ryan Cyriac:

Hey everyone! My name is Ryan. I am an investor in Tampa looking to network with other motivated people! Currently I invest in long term rentals and mobile homes. My primary career is in health care.
Looking forward to connecting!

Mobile homes and long-term rentals are honestly a solid combo right now because they can still generate strong cash flow without requiring luxury-level rents. A lot of investors are also starting to branch into out-of-state Midwest markets because entry prices and scalability are much easier than in Florida, where costs and the insurance environment are rising. The biggest thing is staying around motivated operators and continuing to build strong lender, contractor, and PM relationships, since that’s usually what accelerates growth the fastest.
[email protected]614-418-6081
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Steven GlickBusiness Member
Lender · Buffalo · Member since 2024 · 115 posts · 33 votes
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Welcome, Ryan. LTR cash flow plus mobile home flips is a solid combo, especially in Tampa where insurance costs are squeezing a lot of rental margins right now. Always good to connect with investors working that market.
[email protected]315-631-0678
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Joshua Hardin
Investor · Chattanooga, TN · Member since 2023 · 181 posts · 111 votes
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Hi Ryan,

Glad you found your way inside the community, brother.

Sounds like you’ve got a solid mix going already between long-term rentals, mobile homes and healthcare. I imagine working in healthcare gives you a pretty unique perspective on people, pressure and consistency too. Those worlds probably overlap more than most realize.

Mobile homes are an interesting lane as well. Seems like there’s growing demand for affordable housing solutions across many markets right now.

Most important thing is you’re in motion and building.

Connect with good people. Ask questions. Stay grounded. And don’t let the noise inside this space convince you that speed matters more than sustainability.

Looking forward to seeing your journey unfold.

-Sarge
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