Those were some of the best years of my life.Not everyone is so soft that they need a bathroom in every bedroom.

As far as contractors just looking out for themselves and their business model ..............Well , isnt that what all business do ?   

There is so much nuance to land valuation.

Some options are paying in cash and pulling the cash out once the property can have an appraisal that will be marked "as is" (so no work needs to be done to the property to make it habitable). 

I am primarily looking for good neighborhoods and would like some advice as far as where around Memphis others have investments and what parts of Memphis are better than others.Seems like appreciation is not very good so I would be mainly going for cash flow.

You can take Real Estate as far as your body will allow.

It's probably our fault :) wow it feels like ZeroHedge plus Ross's rant vibes combined ;-) this is so good I read it three times lol

Most of these homes are "as is", so if you aren't very familiar with the costs of potential problems that you can't physically see (foundation, septic, etc.), this may not be a good place for you to source. 

And it is the closest to Disney as far as I know.I also, wonder, if from an Airbnb guest perspective, if they really care about the community or not.

Median price is high while median rent is so low in these markets, zip code 95757 is even worse in term of high home price but low rent.