Thrift stores are great for interesting framed pieces or even just nice frames and then order your own prints for them off Etsy.

I want to be able to follow and shadow him and Soak in all the rehab knowledge and I want him to feel like it isnt all 1 sided by giving him a piece of the reward especially with so many benefits to the work being done if he is involved deeper in it.

People get so fixated on rates, that's just one small piece of the equation. 

Sure, you don't want to work with the part timers or the ones that are truly bad (there are many) but some are in the bottom 90% because they are not good at promoting themselves, yet they are very good agents.

Performance in rental management is the key piece of the puzzle.Any other insights on what you've learned managing short term rentals for others in the Smokies?

Considering they are brand new, with a finish out well above and beyond the rest of the neighborhood I don't anticipate "nobody else wanting them" Thanks for your sarcasm, though That wasn't a personal accusation but I see people on here all the time that say "I found this piece of crap house in the hood for $10k, I can buy it and rent it to a Section 8 tenant and make a ton of money right?"

We are in a great position financially with no debt other than our mortgage and this move will be happening at the time of my promotion, so we will be able to afford that rather easily.

It all depends on where the new electric panels have to be located , and how the house is wired . it could be a piece of cake , or a nightmare .

It’s not that hard to work a 40 hour week and still do 750 hours in real estate, it’s 2.06 hours a day…7 days a week. that is surely “not impossible”Missing the important piece that @Jason Watson pointed out.

., or try to piece together several free systems.