That's right! Agreed my man. I'm a buy and hold guy (though one reno I did was considering flipping) cause that is where the passive income is, but can make much more faster successfully flipping. Like you said though, it is a job.
I own rentals and live in South Florida and like you said, rentals don't work everywhere. I have been looking out of state as of a month ago, time to expand out of FL, numbers here are rough. Headed to SC in a couple weeks to check some stuff out.
I like the space coast area