It’d be great to know a little more about your market preferences and non-negotiables, since Alabama’s pretty diverse in terms of what it can offer.For example, the Huntsville area is a much higher-growth market than Birmingham, and the median home in each area is priced accordingly to reflect that difference.Even individual markets can vary widely by zip code—properties in a Birmingham suburb like Forestdale are going to fetch dramatically different rents than homes in a neighborhood like Mountain Brook or Vestavia Hills.In any case, let us know what your buying criteria look like, and we can give more pointed recommendations.

Lowes used to have some nice material, but then they cheapened it and it looks more like plastic again (it used to have a faux wood grain).

It may sound nice to pay a 6% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no additional fees.

My current focus is 2 fold with the first being the more likely next: 1) nice area STR.  

As you get up and running, having a diverse range of contacts— from wholesalers to hard money lenders — means more opportunities. 

Just make them nice and median-priced to find the sweet spot in the current market.

I was raised by "Poor Dad (parents)" who taught me those concepts growing up, and is still mostly their values, but they were also lucky enough to have lived in a time where that worked well enough for them as they retired with a very nice nest egg.

An update from her would be nice, but you could have contacted the brokerage right away.

It's a nice T-shirt.

It's so great to see someone with such diverse experiences in real estate here on the forums.