with supply super low, and the state booming, what has it been like investing here in the last year or so? I'd imagine it's nearly impossible to find a decent deal for flipping and wholesaling, and I've come to unders...

Investing as a tenant in common is only complicated if your exchange entity owns more than one property. 10% cashflow is going to be extremely difficult in today's environment but 6 to 7% cashflow and 10 to 12% total return with appreciation is realistic.Time is ticking with a 1031 though, so you'll need to move quickly.

Half the room are newbies, so the environment is pretty casual, at a coffee shop.

However, the primary intent was to house hack, live nicely ITL and secure something close to the areas I enjoy, especially in this low interest rate environment and stock market highs (memorial park, Washington ave, heights, Walking distance to upcoming MKT development).

In other words, if you find a brokerage that you feel is a better fit for environment, training, schedule, etc, don't let a 10% higher split make you write them off before considering the bigger picture.  

I work for an investor in a very small call-center environment.

You need an environment that you can excel at your strengths and hire out your weaknesses.

@Bruce Park I don’t think business travelers would want to be in a shared space type of environment.

Still curious to know what people's investment experiences have been in this environment.

It does seem to me like the Deep South is a difficult environment but I'm sure there's a method.