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I'm planning a road trip to look at some select cities in North Carolina and Tennessee.

I'm planning a road trip to look at some select cities in Tennessee and North Carolina.

Use careful selection of rental property purchases to generate cash flow with which to pay your student debt.

Any Pros & Cons on this selections and any recommendations on other locations i can look at that will be of interest to me?

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Should give you a good selection to chose from and you can call or email a few and ask their price and turn time. 

Be happy with the niche you select and know the market well too, especially the best locations.Always remember to do a math analysis and try to look at all prospective properties before you make an offer or at least have a clause in the sales contract that gives you some time (about 10 days) to make a detailed inspection and possibly back out of the deal without much of a penalty that will hurt you too much.  

Hello, we have a 190 home community and we have about 1.92 acres and we're wanting to put in a shaded tot lot and a dog park.