Would love to connect with you and pick your brain about your experiences with S8 tenants, if you're open. 

But I'm him, so that isn't fair :) But seriously, would love to help and can put you in contact with folks we work with if you want to pick their brain.

Hi David, Seller financing may be beneficial only if it requires less then a 15-20% down payment and the seller financing interest rate is less than what we may offer.With most seller financing I have seen allows a borrower to refinance anytime, so make sure there is no prepayment penalty within the contract.Yes, you can always refinance out of seller financing, but the property should not be upside down in value compared to the existing mortgage balance.If you'd like to talk and pick my brain, feel free to get in touch with me.Thank YouCraig

But since you asked, my brain says Gatlinburg will continue to be "good", as it's been for the last 7 decades.  

This will ensure that most of what COULD go wrong gets addressed on the front end so that you don't have to get bogged down with ongoing maintenance judgement calls.If none of these suggestions seem tenable in reducing the brain damage associated with owning property, then owning rental property directly might not be for you. 

I rejected a hare-brained project proposal, and a -$14k charge stayed on my account forever.

Beckett thanks a ton, I'll reach out to pick your brain a bit.

Most of us have made mistakes - try and pick our brains and avoid making the same ones.  

I've got a 5 month old and just started training for a half-marathon soI'm somewhat sleep-deprived and my brain isn't firing on all cylinders this morning.

The best we can do is give you the tools to help analyze deals faster, from there real estate is so subjective and often "one mans trash is another mans treasure" so it's really about getting your brain used to looking at these numbers.