During the pandemic I did MYR for travel nurses, not for the $ but because of a lack of accommodations by a small community hospital.

I have seen a huge spike in interest again in STRs in the Nashville market this year that is on par with late 2019/early 2020 before the pandemic.  

over the past 7 years I’ve had dealt with countless of bad contractors, several incidents with occupants of the neighborhood that the property is in ( once I walked in on squatters and got into a physical confrontation) , and of course the relentless pursuit of hungry investors calling me and any family member that tracing programs associates with me about wanting to buy my property all while dealing with a career/industry change and finishing college during a pandemic 😮‍💨.so here I am recent graduate ready to finally devote the majority of my focus to getting over my newbie investor hill.

That was a bit before the pandemic and I assume the country, its tourism sector and real estate market have continued to do pretty well, as the country has a lot going for it and its government is doing a lot of the right move.

One of the best things about the Pandemic was it forced sellers, buyers, lawyers, and title companies,... that were stuck in the past thinking everything had to be face-to-face, to modernize so you can sit at your pool and close

I also suspect home prices would initially rise on the first 1-1.5% of cuts, but ultimately fall once we get to the 3-4% range as large  pre-pandemic supply comes back online, compounded by boomer land lords selling realizing the top of the market is in the rear view mirror (at least for them).If you eventually get squeezed on lower rents and valuations as the market normalizes, the ability to BRRR your pandemic era deals will be limited, so how do avoid trapping capital in the deals you already own from this environment? 

When the pandemic hit and the tenants stopped paying, and we worried day and night about payments, whether to evict, laws, paperwork, I decided to call someone.

Through the pandemic I helped out quite a few businesses in my area.  

We purchased it in November 2020 right before the pandemic at a purchase price of $330,000, a 3 bed 2 bath with a detached garage that was converted into a small room.

For those with higher capital reserves and down payment percentage, assuming a pandemic era mortgage (typically from 2-3-4% can dramatically reduce carrying or mortgage costs.