@Anthony Vanson I have only been to Texas a few times but i did get to Dallas , Houston , and Austin .. I liked Austin the most .. I live in Florida now and by accident I happen to love were i am located .. Im in a little Town called Bushnell which is in Sumter County .. the same county The Villages is located in .. and the reason i love it is I live in the county ( kind of ) I have almost 2 acres ( but there are a lit if bugger parcels here ) and I am only 45-60 min from Tampa, Orlando and a bit longer to Lakeland and Daytona ( about 1hr 15 min ) , I can get to Ocala in just under 35-40 mins and all the towns surrounding these bigger citys are just getting better investment wise everyday .. like Inverness .. its only 15 miles from me and there are a lit of 3/2 homes still priced at around $50k-$75k and need a additional $12-20k worth of rehab but thats to flip them .. to rent them most only need $5-12k and the rents inventory is very low right now .. the normal 3/2 rents for $1000-1200 depending on sqft .. for the most part rents are anywere from $650-1700 depending on size and bedrooms .. but I hear from a really reliable source that the city is looking to add 2 new big manufacturing plants, can't say who but, they are supposed to start by the end of 2017 . These will bring apox 3500 new good paying jobs to the area. On top of that the pipe line is already on it way through and that has brought new jobs as well .. I also have noticed a new trend that a lot if people that work in Tampa or St pete are moving out this way because the home prices are still only about half of what they were at the top of the market before the bust .. I know i am looking into my first buy and holds there .. I just looked at a 2/1/1 that needed about $15-20k for flip and $12k for rent .. the asking price is $29,900 and the rent should be around $750-825 or if someone put the $20 into rehab than rent should be around $850-950 for a 2 bed nice remodeled just under 1000sqft .. it was in a community that had a pool and clubhouse .. I did not check to see what association cost were but , i dont think they are to much .. on my way home i saw activity at a house i have been watching right down the road from me so, I stopped in and met the absentee owner .. I convinced him to sell and got him under contract for $35k .. the house is a 2500sqft 4/2/2 on 1.3 acres and arv is around $180-210k .. looks like it will need about $45-55k worth of rehab .. its got a weird layout and the bathrooms are real small but, it has the sqft and no load bearing walls .. it can also have the porch between the garage and house enclosed to add about another 250 sqft ..I'm hoping to close on it before may .. so these are just some examples .. another great investment and high returns if you do them correctly are Mobile home parks .. you can set them up to have year round and seasonal rentals .. which the seasonal rentals pay a lot more rent during those months .. the villages is expanding into Inverness as well.. they bought a huge amount of land that way .. almost 7 miles worth .. Anyway .. i hope you make the right decision for yourself and if you decide Florida is the place to be then I hope to meet up with you .. If not I still wish you the very best ..
God Speed,
Micharl Short
