@Cameron Chambers If you put the funds into stocks and you lose, then you won't have the funds to buy a property when you find the right place.

Visited with the Chamber of Commerce people and they were excited about the opportunities that exist in the off market season, which I found encouraging.PROPERTY DETAILS: The property itself is not currently operating as a motel.

I'm not there, but I wanted to encourage you with a few ideas for your own market research in case no one else chimes in: 1) Look at rental listings via rent.com, apartments.com, realtor.com, etc to get an idea of vacancies. 2) Check population growth.3) Contact the local chamber of commerce or economic development committee and request data. 4) Talk to a local property manager who holds properties there, request time to fill, vacancy rates, etc.

A lot of agents will serve on a Board for the local hospital, museum, Chamber of Commerce, or other organization that builds connections.

Met most of the folks thru Rotary or Chamber of Commerce.It worked quite well and we were booked solid (strong positive cash flow) through about 2009 when the Great Recession hit hard.

The best indicators is seeing things like that, talking with the alderman or govt offices like assessor, chamber of commerce and seeing what areas are going through a transformation of sorts.

“If this is successful, it will change the landscape of West Tennessee from a jobs perspective,” said Mark Herbison, senior vice president of economic development at the Greater Memphis Chamber.

You can start off with Toastmaster or local chamber of commerce. 2.

Ask for Tissie Chambers at Platinum Realty Group In Knoxville. 

If we did that the bullets would backfire, the electric chair would short out and burn down the prision, or the gas chamber would be filled with laughing gas and leak out of the chamber.