I am still focused on being my own boss and putting in the incredibly hard work of being a successful real estate investor in the buy and hold philosophy.If there is any advice, or wise words that you'd like to impart on me as a beginner here in Knoxville, TN or just in general, I would very much appreciate it!

As the wise Warren Buffet says - Rule No. 1: Don't lose money.

I have done enough research to know that it may be wise to invest money that gets a higher rate of return than my mortgage interest paid, but that's the extent of my knowledge at this point.

@Brian Ito i am not familiar enough with the area to comment.But, i would assume the area is overvalued like the rest of the nation +/-My opinion is that you have to really be wise about choosing your deals right now.

I know one of them looks like it needs a whole redo i mean you can see through the house, but it's in a great area that could really grow value wise in the future and the other seems more do-able to fix i guess i would have to take a look at them to see what they really look like in person

Gotcha thanks @James Wise and @Larry Fried

If you have something constructive you might want to change your tact other wise most folks are just going to think you are a dolt.  

I would love opinions on if it is wise to invest in this market or whether I should stay on the Seacoast and elsewhere.

@James Wise Thank you for the welcome.

this is a common theme of course on BP its pretty much every day.and you pretty much have all those that live in a market target a market .I like @James Wise cut and paste responses he does .. he nails it well and its worth cut and pasting every time someone ask the same question that has been asked 1000 times.I like to Add James that when going out of market.. also if you simply buy at the median price points of any given MSA your buying in an area were you have a lot of homeowners buying generally... so you get a mix of cash flow and appreciation and or more important you have a defined exit IE you can sell to a homeowner as opposed to buy at the bottom of the price point and the only out is to an investor..And Frankly your company is kind of a unicorn in the US.. there are not many companies like yours that specialize in reselling these assets for individual owner/investors.