Im a local agent in Blue Ridge GA.

We have visited both, Helen, & Blue Ridge, GA and enjoyed both areas.

Also that All in One HELOC, which I was introduced to through Ridge Lending.

I understand Clifton, Hyde Park, Northside, Over-the-Rhine, and Pleasant Ridge are more of the desirable neighborhoods for rental properties which also explains the more expensive properties.TY in Advance!

1) Guntersville Lake / Tennessee River area in Alabama (Guntersville, Scottsboro, Stevenson area): looks like it might attract a lot of folks from all over Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia (Birmingham, Huntsville, Decatur, Chattanooga, and maybe also Atlanta and Nashville)2) The rural areas outside of Asheville, North Carolina: specifically Old Fort, Mill Spring, Marion, Hendersonville, Pisgah area, Nantahala area: looks like it might attract folks from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and possibly Tennessee (Charlotte, Spartanburg, Greenville, Rock Hill, Winston-Salem, and possibly Atlanta and Knoxville)3) Northwest South Carolina (Savannah River, Lake Hartwell, Lake Keowee, Lake Jocassee area; bordering on Nantahala & Chattahoochee Forests): looks like it might attract folks from South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia (Greenville, Spartanburg, Clemson, Atlanta, Asheville, Charlotte, maybe Chattanooga & Knoxville)4) Lake Anna northwest of Richmond, Virginia: looks like it might attract folks from all over Virginia (esp Richmond, Petersburg, Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, Culpeper, Fredericksburg, and maybe Washington DC or Virginia Beach / Norfolk / Hampton)5) Front Royal / Winchester in northwest Virginia: near Shenandoah / Skyline Drive / Blue Ridge Mountains.

property address is on redwing ridge street FYI. 

I have clients in Oak Ridge :).

Our foray into travelling nurse furnished rental flopped a bit because in this market, you have to be in the exact right spot (Oak Ridge, Downtown Knox) or a small 1-bedroom at a low-price point. 

You have Old town, Fourth & Gill, Alcoa, Oak Ridge. 

However, if Denver is the market that you want to be in I would look into some of the surrounding cities, primarily Arvada, and Wheat Ridge are a good bet, both of these allow STR as investment properties (and Arvada doesn't require licensing).