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That should be fun.All kidding aside the guy probably had a bad experience and is just sizing you up to make sure you are legit.

Like with many professions and life itself not everyone is great and more often than not they are average to below average. 

I am buying in Wears Valley because I like to think that Wears Valley renters may be slightly more mature and quiet on average than PF / Dollywood renters, and therefore a little lighter on the wear/tear.

I think you can do that for up to the size of a 4 plex.

Single family homes in our market have above average annual appreciation and we live in a hot rental market so our strategy is to buy, hold and rent to maximize profits.

I use him for my more “challenging” stuff and he has a pretty good batting average. 

The average bad element doesn’t like early hours.  

We have also looked into hiring property management, but we live in a rural area and although these companies exist near us we have found that their average occupancy rate is in the 70-80% range, where last year my occupancy was 95%. 

If the average cap rate in the area is between 7-8% on similar properties, adjusting this calculation arrives at 488k price point with potential rents or a NOI of around 34k.