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I'm currently looking for my first home in the Tampa area. Based upon my limited knowledge of Tampa's market its tough to say which is the better option, single family house hacking or multi family and renting the other unit(s). Besides more expensive insurance and floods zones, are there any other things to watch out for in Tampa's market specifically? Single family vs Multi family? Specific neighborhoods?

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Three things to know:

1) Ybor is pronounced EE-bore

2) Lutz is pronounced lootz

3) Only fish and mermaids live in Tampa Bay

Other than that, welcome to "The Tampa Bay Area". 

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