I live in the eastern Tampa Bay Area but am willing and able to travel all around the area and down to Sarasota (and farther if needed) for meetings and connections.I look forward to connecting with those of you locally who feel like sharing knowledge and even working together to help strengthen this area.

Personally, at this stage of my life, I choose to work from home, travel a lot with the family when I can, and leave the on-site micro-management of properties to others (so that I can be free to "chase the next deal" online from wherever I may roam - which leads me to invest in condos (essentially hassle-surprise-free), setup online infrastructures for management (managing teams via emails and telephone as opposed to managing properties hands-on), and aim for a multitude of "spreadsheet" properties as opposed to two or three "big money making" ones, which would necessitate personal attention in most cases.

Hopefully, I can nail down my travel dates this evening when work slows down.P.S.

(If anyones got tips on financing with $100k student loans, please let me know).I work an interesting schedule, 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off, which makes it necessary to have a good partner (and a good travel rewards card).My goals:I want financial freedom, a large passive income is the end goal, and all it takes is work, patience, and attention to detail?

Allstate was lower than the last one I went with which was Traveler's.

Even the hurricanes that hit the southeast and become huge storms usually travel north and then east and miss us completely.

This means I spend most of my summers traveling around the country fighting fires, and have a lot of time off in the winter.I already have a bit of a start investing in real estate.

@Mike M,Many times I have traveled the back country roads in southwestern Colorado, including the Silverton, Lake City, Telluride and Ouray areas.Have you ever traveled over Schofield Pass in the Crested Butte area?

The era of the traveling tax lien bidder is almost over.

I did some world traveling and then picked up another fixer house last year in SB county I recently sold (owner financed).I just got my California Real Estate Salesperson license last month as well (got tired of looking for a good real estate agent =) I'm with a full 100% commission broker in Orange County....I plan on giving people generous rebates if anyone needs agent help.