@Melanie Hartmann Im rooting for you!

In general, everyone is rooting for everyone and truly here to help others.

I want to invest in pensacola or surrounding areas being that I am rooted there and wanted to compare conditions to where I currently live in Buford, Ga (north of Atlanta) where I haven’t been able to find as many deals that the numbers make sense being that the market is so hot.

I'm rooting for you from afar. 

I think that's important - having deep roots in the market you're investing in - or making sure the syndicator does.

When discussing real estate investing practices, the idea of active versus passive investing is often one that is the root of many heated debates amongst investors.

Visit and see my roots in Spain.

I also ended up doing a $8,000 dig and relay of sewage pipes on a flip because they were old PVC20 pipes (last 2 decades are 40) that were pushed out of place by tree roots. 

About two years ago I started doing full camera sewer inspections on all properties after buying a primary residence and not doing one and finding out I had all clay pipes to the street and they were all rooted by trees.

The reason for the drastic difference in results is rooted in a fundamental problem that arises in geo-statistics called the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP).