New to Tampa

[Jordan Moorhead]

I've been on Bigger Pockets for a while listening to podcasts, reading articles, posts and doing as much learning as I can.

I'll be relocating to Tampa, Florida from Minneapolis, Minnesota this Thursday and am ready to get started! My goal this year is to buy a duplex to live in so I can save the rest of my money to invest. Look forward to meeting you guys in Tampa.

[Nick C.]

@Billy Au-Yeung Here's my not so simple answer to a simple question: 33602 is great north of Columbus Dr and west of North Blvd. It's okay east of North Blvd. It's not as good east of Florida Ave. Overall it's a good area for appreciation, the city is dumping a lot of $$$ into the area just northwest of downtown by the river. Tampa has good pockets and bad pockets, you really need to narrow your target areas down by neighborhood, not zip code. Most zip codes in Tampa are a convoluted mess of good and bad areas.