To answer your questions: Mid-level buy and hold or vacay rentals: Broward county can offer up a variety of options for both of these.

This keeps you in a loop looking for more deals.Define your deal, some people call it a buy-box, but it is a bit more.

People prefer to own what they understand and are familiar with.

There is a way to do it with respect to all parties, but that's not why people are signing up.

My contract timeline is 9 days - 45 days with texting.The people saying that it's illegal have not thoroughly read through the regulations.

Quote from @Jeff Roth: Hi Sendil from Gainesville, Fl-You are looking for someone to help you with a cost segregation study to save on your taxes.I have many physician clients buying short term rentals and using this strategy for example and I recommend they use Maven Cost Segregation Tax Advisors.They are active on Bigger Pockets.

Just scroll through these forums for a bit- it's almost all people either trying to figure out how to do their first deal OR people who have completely lost control of their investment through poor screening and management processes. 

People usually freak out about the due-on-sale clause, however, I've never heard of that really being a problem. 

Now go drive to buy one, of course it's end of the day.  

Given your skills, you might consider value-add properties, BRRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) strategies, or even house hacking to maximize returns.