My take in Waynesville, NC, you are equidistant to the Smokies, Pisgah National Forest, and Dupont State Recreational Forest.Also reasons as to why I am looking to get into the STR market:1. 

Nice, there's also the Deal Check app which is helpful for a lot of new investors to not have to recreate the wheel.

In short, I lost three years of data and had to go back and recreate all my files.

This is next to a recreation center.3.debt to rent payment is good.need to check about rent loss.

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I know my county will not allow someone to live in a recreational vehicle in the driveway or on a residential lot. 

By that I mean a town at the access point to some busy recreation area or National Park. 

There are facilities which recreated shipping containers to mirror traditional self storage buildings and they appear the same to the untrained eye.

If there recreational opportunities available and it would help bring tourist dollars and a few jobs to the area well so much the better.

Don't go cheap on either.I'd also want to talk to the septic pumping company the seller used to get a history over the last 5-10 years to see if it's been properly maintained.With recreational watercraft, consider liability insurance for accidents or deaths.The other potential zinger I see is flood insurance.