Hi Ken,After managing hundreds of properties and working with investors (many from out of state) for over 20 years, I’ve seen Tampa, Orlando, Lakeland, and Miami all work—but each has its own flavor.

What's the seller's favorite ice cream flavor?

@Sarah Rilling - I always like having a 1:1 conversation with the potential coach/mentor to get a flavor for how they work with people.... basically to see if their is a connection.

If I were you I would get a good flavor from the tenants how they interacted with the previous owner, essentially, how they paid, how did they make repair/maintenance requests, when/why did the communicate with the owner, etc...

You’ll always put your own flavor to a concept.

Rental properties come in several flavors... short term, long term, etc.  

@Jay Hinrichs Turning into the real estate version of the flavor flav show.I was going to call you a cub reporter but then no one would know what that means since hardly anyone on this site ever watched the original superman show.. :)  lol for me the original superman show starred Dean Cain & Teri Hatcher.

The guru of that particular year will create some secret variation to a time-tested list of tactics that is the flavor of the weak and pretend like this is some new secret invention, perhaps inventing new language to describe tactics that have been around for years. - In the unlikely event that you get a lead, A "motivated seller" who will work with an 18 year old to sell their home, is likely someone dealing with death, disease, divorce, or disaster.

REI is pretty unique and comes in many flavors.

Education 'opportunities' in real estate come in several flavors.