Would love feedback from anyone with personal investing and/or property management experience in these cities.

Hi @Brendan Jones I moved to Nashville in late 2021 to begin my homeownership and investing career, buying a primary residence, house-hacking it, and transitioning to a long-term rental once I bought my next property (also in Nashville) so would be happy to share my experiences.There is a lot of interest in STRs in the Nashville Metro area, but the zoning has become increasingly strict over the years.

It will be even harder as a young person with no life experience, and particularly no experience buying real estate. 

Share your wisdom with the less-experienced users.Always remember this is a forum for learning, first and foremost.

Sometimes the person running the auction will warn them....and then they still buy and often overpay. 

.- It's not profitable for them to search for under-market priced houses, figure out repairs needed or what other problem is pushing the price down and do even more for a newbie investor that has analysis-paralysis and may never buy anything.Some questions you'll want to share the answers to with any agent you choose:1) Are you paying cash or getting a mortgage?

Myles,Thanks for sharing your story.Checkout the Greenville RE clubUpstatecreia.

I just watched the video you shared with me on CRE.

@Sandor Lau thanks for sharing!

While people will share a bathroom in say a 2/1 it is likely a harder sell in a 5/2 and the price you command is less.