(in fact, despite living in Nashville I spend most of my time in East TN now, as it's the primary real estate market I serve, specifically working with long-distance investors on finding great STR cabins)  @Matt Castle is right that the market is super hot, but they're still cash flowing machines, which is why it's staying hot.

Get rid of the existing tenants that are most likely paying below market, poorly screened, and bad for the business.I would pick 1-2 rentals that are "low hanging fruit" and easy to renovate.

Nathan:If I ever had a smoker again I'd hire the ozone machine,  I think.  

The tree keeps growing and producing more fruit(money) over time and you still have the tree which is likely worth more than when you acquired it.You have to make sure it is watered and fertilized and maybe pruned occasionally.

I'm totally going to do the cliche thing and go to the bank, take out $3.08, and have it framed.In 3 months I went from a cog in a machine for someone else, to stumbling upon BP, to owning realestate, to the smallest chance one day i'll be financially independent.

Best one I have ever witnessed was a washing machine strapped to the hood of an old Ford LTD.now I'm wondering why I have a  truck when obviously I have a couple very capable material haulers. 

That is on a Mac, I think it might be Control F on a Windows machine.

A lot of the time someone successful in the real estate business does not have a TON of spare time to spend educating someone newer so you need to find ways to create value for them in order to build a fruitful relationship 

During the walk through, I noticed that the washing machine and drying machine were both coin operated. 

From the experience I have as a wholesaler I've discussed the % of the deal that my investors look for but what I find is that they're always in search of that unicorn 50%, 60%, or even 70% deal these days when there are so many low hanging fruit ~75% deals that can still bring a really great chunk of change on the back end.