I have lived here for over 30 years and am a licensed broker here, as well as having all of my rentals here in town, and would consider myself an expert on this market.Don't listen to anyone lumping JC in with Watauga Lake or Roan Mountain.

I have gone to numerous RE meetups and discussed numerous ADU appraisals and was heavily involved analyzing one (that gave a value of ~$50k for a ~400’ garage conversion 1/1.  

There are indeed many tempting short-term investment opportunities in the market that look very attractive numerically, but their potential risks can easily lead to pitfalls.

If one were to look at the list of portfolio properties presented on various syndicator websites and think that the syndicator listing them was the one that found, secured, purchased and asset managed all the listed properties, then one might arrive at an inaccurate conclusion for numerous syndicators.

Each exit strategy offers numerous advantages on both sides. 

Here's the link below if you want to take a listen. 

I doubt you’d qualify for a mortgage in Texas while on a gap year since you are just getting credit now and won’t have any income to show a bank.Spend some time listening to as many podcasts and reading books about real estate while trying to save as much as possible to help you get started.

I've listened to a ton of episodes of the Real Estate Rookie Podcast and the Bigger Pockets Real Estate Podcast.

Quote from @Kevin Rodriguez: After numerous unsuccessful attempts to secure a deal to cohost, I’ve decided to adopt a new strategy.

I've been a BP fan for a while, started listening to Brandon Turner and loved the podcast and the concept.