And then trying to convince the masses that there is no competition on the MLS.. for Pete's sake, that alone should make people run away yelling "scam".On the MLS, you are competing with real estate agents, that buy houses themselves on the MLS, you are competing with the traditional buyer, you are competing with other investors crazy enough to try to look for deals on the MLS (yes there are plenty), You are competing with agents that look for deals for their list of cash buyers.Every single element of this entire thing is just retarded. 

I have a Google Sheet that I'm using to track different elements of the project but I'm wondering if folks have success using other software that they can share with me?

It’s a place to store cash.

Big box stores on sale.

And due to the increase in the cost of purchasing food at the grocery store which has been pushed up in price, and also the must have purchase of gasoline to get to your wage slave W2 job which has also gone up so much since they stopped handing out money to people.

And what about REI gets you going-- is it as a store of value, speculative investments, cash flow, or just an innate interest in REI.

That need could outweigh their desire to protect your best interests.Not saying there investment here is a bad thing, per se, just raising this point so that this one element of the deal doesn’t tip the scale to you investing if you otherwise might not.

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books for this or you can learn by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

Also the $20 faucet with plastic guts from the big box store that's on sale may not be your friend.

Home Depot's offerings seem tempting since I can view the price online, which has been an issue with hot tub specific stores in the Smokies.Context:  I'm looking to add a 4-5 person hot tub to my STR near Pigeon Forge.