As it turns out, its tough to also work in the primary home that the wife wants with long-term suitability for two kids.

The main complaint was from residents and typical, noise, unknown visitors, property values hurt, etc...Would love not know opinions, especially from anyone local.

If your investment strategy is to house hack, the most suitable financing means will be through a conventional lender or government-backed loan product (FHA).

This includes animals owned by guests or visitors.

This is close to a super popular area of a popular vacation city that is packed with visitors every week and weekend.

Hey @Alex Lee If your goals for your portfolio size is <20 units or so, then Apartments.com might be suitable - I've used them and a couple of other options, and prefer their simple interface (also simple for tenants). 

Developing the land: If the land is suitable for development, you may be able to work with a developer to build homes, apartments, or other structures on the property.

GSMNP is on track to hit about 13M visitors this year. https://irma.nps.gov/STATS/SSR...

I am in the Boone, Blowing Rock area and we have definitely been seeing an uptick of visitors and Airbnb's- especially since 2020.The Boone TDA rebranded as Explore Boone to try to have a bigger presence and I think they have been trying to expand on the tourism and travel to reach other more urban cities in NC.

In stead of starting an additional thread I had a NY auction question that this thread is suitable for...The owner of house I am looking to purchase through auction has not paid property tax in AT LEAST 5 YEARS (according to the town tax assessor, who told me they can only go back five years) I have tried listed and active plaintiff attorney and defendant attorney and no one seems to be able to answer.