If you can't manage your personal expenses and income then you need to be disciplined until you can.

I would like to know your strategy for finding these landlords, especially in large apartment buildings if you are dealing with a property management company

I do NOT rent to any real estate agents, brokerages, or property management companies as they would be a competing business and it wouldn't benefit either of our businesses to share a building.

I had a similar experience to you Josh and my management company said all of their other owners are experiencing the same.

As a non-resident, I’m finding the process challenging due to factors like high upfront costs, foreign buyers’ taxes, and financing limitations.I’d love to hear your advice or experiences regarding:•Strategies to manage the high initial costs and foreign buyers’ taxes.

I would suggest learning how to manage your finances and get into a better financial position before doing a program like this.

Real estate investors often find themselves working with many providers between insurance, financing, property management, tax preparation and strategies, etc.

I have owned iand self managed all for 8 years.As for point 1, I agree there is a higher demand for Gatlinburg, but it isn't that high to be called ground zero.

I got into the industry in 2014 with a property management job on Lake Ponchatrain in Slidell, north of New Orleans.

No broad cities cashflow great right now with managers, some look good on paper but they just have more costly hidden issues then the lower cap rate cities.