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All Forum Posts by: Leslie Anne Morris

Leslie Anne Morris has started 3 posts and replied 1252 times.

Post: Material Participation on STR purchased late in year

Leslie Anne MorrisPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Smoky Mountains, TN
  • Posts 1,261
  • Votes 982

learnlikeacpa.com - this is who I use for help with that! I know enough based on how I do it, but am not licensed to give that type of advice. 

Post: Land Purchasing / New Construction

Leslie Anne MorrisPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Smoky Mountains, TN
  • Posts 1,261
  • Votes 982

What county are you looking in specifically? I can try to find an agent to connect you with. 

Post: Do Modern Cabins Outperform in Pigeon Forge / Gatlinburg?

Leslie Anne MorrisPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Smoky Mountains, TN
  • Posts 1,261
  • Votes 982
Quote from @John Carbone:
Quote from @Leslie Anne Morris:
Quote from @John Carbone:
Quote from @Leslie Anne Morris:

Mountain View’s first and foremost. Then if it’s new and fancy versus rustic and older of course the new ones will perform better. 


 In my opinion, a cabin on an actual rushing creek (not a trickling one) is above the Mountain View. Those properties are extremely rare to find though and the premium paid now may not be worth it.

And flood zone. I have 2

Do you have a link to book them? My family visits and enjoys staying in true creekfront properties and difficult to find.  

Sure joshscabins.com. Mine aren’t true Creek front but close enough to be in the flood zone. One is the Dolly house that my team just did that was shared on Biggerpockets social media a few times. 

Post: Do Modern Cabins Outperform in Pigeon Forge / Gatlinburg?

Leslie Anne MorrisPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Smoky Mountains, TN
  • Posts 1,261
  • Votes 982
Quote from @John Carbone:
Quote from @Leslie Anne Morris:

Mountain View’s first and foremost. Then if it’s new and fancy versus rustic and older of course the new ones will perform better. 


 In my opinion, a cabin on an actual rushing creek (not a trickling one) is above the Mountain View. Those properties are extremely rare to find though and the premium paid now may not be worth it.

And flood zone. I have 2

Post: Do Modern Cabins Outperform in Pigeon Forge / Gatlinburg?

Leslie Anne MorrisPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Smoky Mountains, TN
  • Posts 1,261
  • Votes 982

Mountain View’s first and foremost. Then if it’s new and fancy versus rustic and older of course the new ones will perform better. 

Post: Hospitality grade linens

Leslie Anne MorrisPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Smoky Mountains, TN
  • Posts 1,261
  • Votes 982

We use Costco for all linens. 

Post: Home Insurance for Short term rentals

Leslie Anne MorrisPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Smoky Mountains, TN
  • Posts 1,261
  • Votes 982

Erie Insurance. If you own the property you should have insurance that sufficiently covers you from a commercial standpoint. 

Post: Way to find local labor

Leslie Anne MorrisPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Smoky Mountains, TN
  • Posts 1,261
  • Votes 982

It’s really hard to find good help in the Smoky Mountains. As soon as you don’t keep a good worker busy they move on to other jobs. One off is hard. I think the Next Door app is a great idea. Also some of the locals groups non owner focused might be good.  

Post: Grill for STR in Gatlinburg

Leslie Anne MorrisPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Smoky Mountains, TN
  • Posts 1,261
  • Votes 982

I don’t have one consistent type of grill at any of my cabins, I have 11 operating right now. I even have no grill at one in Townsend because there is no proper place for one. Doesn’t seem to matter much. The park grills are cool and I have that setup but only at one cabin. 

Post: Anyone seeing drastic drop in STR Bookings?

Leslie Anne MorrisPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Smoky Mountains, TN
  • Posts 1,261
  • Votes 982

July was a total sell out in my market. Of course it’s a high month for us typically. I did onboard a couple new cabins and those didn’t book up. My remodeled / heavily designed cabins went nuts.