@Doronda PlacideJoin local real estate investor associations in your area and check Facebook for local meet-ups so you can network with investor-friendly agents or even wholesalers in your market that find deals

After going this route, and further analyzing the property that I was looking at, with the higher interest rate, HOA fees, non-investor-friendly co-op rental policies, I walked away.

I don't know anything about knoxville but look to areas you have lived, have relatives, have good friends, know is landlord friendly and know is a growing market.

@Adam Rogalski the only way your going to get around what @Clayton Silva wrote, is by raising funds from family & friends - either 100% of what you need or enough to keep more of the deal for your "team".

Hi All, One of the main reasons that I began my venture in to real estate investing is to accelerate our family's plan to purchase property in Ireland to be closer to friends.

Like many real estate investors, my friends and family are not in this world, so I don't talk real estate with them.

The issue with RUBS is that it is fluid and it hinges on the # of occupants and this poses issues: 1) A child uses less than an adult; 2) a worker from home uses more than one that drives to work; 3) A couple may have a child during tenancy which they fail to divulge; 4) friends and family may visit for a few days during holidays.... etc. etc. etc.  --- and... these issues become issues for the other Tenant and then turns you into the constant 'utility police' because you constantly have to monitor # of occupants... eww. 50/50 is simple and simply understood and 100% while vacant is also simply understood.

I am just going to leave this here from my friends at TreeWalkers: https://www.o2treehouse.com/

A friend of mine is using Community Bank of the South, which has 3 branches in Central Florida. 

It's a powerful and user-friendly tool that has made a huge difference for me.