STR Investing in Gatlinburg vs Blue Ridge

[Christian Wilson]

Hello fellow investors, 

I'm new to the BP forum. My wife & I live in Nashville and purchased our first STR here in January. It's doing great and we now have our sites set on the mountain markets in Gatlinburg and/or Blue Ridge. Both look appealing for a number of reasons (namely, that they've been stable vacation rental markets for decades). My question is, are you seeing advantages to one of these markets over the other in terms of cashflow, occupancy rate, seasonality etc?

[Luke Carl]

Both are great! Gatlinburg is The Rolling Stones of short term rental. Blue ridge is like Metallica