Why buy something that is new with active and confirmed contamination underneath it.

Quote from @Garrett Brown: Hey Nick, welcome and congrats on taking the steps forward in your STR journey.

I can help with pointing you in the right direction of some good resources to help you in your investing journey! 

In 2017 we started our journey with long-term buy-and-hold investment properties in the Memphis, TN area after selling a property that we were losing money on every month in NOVA that we purchased as a primary residence in Jan 2007 (talk about all-time bad timing) and then had to move with the Navy in 2009 (2nd all-time worst timing).

BiggerPockets is full of resources designed to help you along your journey, whether you are just getting started or a seasoned investor.

I'll be sure to share my journey! 

I'm pretty active on here and IG (@HouseHackandHustle).

@Jonathan Klemm is also a good local resource who is active on here.

The gist of it is that when you dispose of your entire interest in a passive activity in a fully taxable (as opposed to a tax-deferred) transaction to a non-related party, i.e., selling a non-grouped rental property in a taxable sale to a non-related party, both current and suspended passive activity losses generated by that activity can be deducted. 

If you are near the end of your journey and simply looking for stability and low overhead then I could see paying off mortgages, however that is not the most adventegous from a wealth building perspective.