Main factors were: Tourism growth, city growth (businesses and residents flooding to Nashville) - will ride the appreciation wave long term as the city rapidly grows and expands, and year round tourism - less seasonality.

I'm particularly passionate about building custom homes and using  the BRRRR method.Outside of real estate, I enjoy ATV riding, playing soccer and basketball and also traveling the world and connecting with new people.Excited to learn and connect with you all!

However, we had a running fridge, stove, washer & dryer, and riding lawnmower.

Always ask if the seller would be open to it, but you are basically getting taken for a ride.

Is market like Texas where they often have soil/foundation issues, or like MN/the Midwest where the asphalt shingles might have hail damage?

I would ride the horse that has gotten you this far unless they are out of funds..

Any house can cashflow if you put enough money down--would you be open to putting more down to ensure cashflow in the short term and ride out the appreciation play?

Instead of spending all day waiting in line for a few rides, pay to to 'skip the line' .

They do a Polar Express ride close to Christmas which brings a crowd.

Want to move to a really great Debt/Equity position.Paying off debt goes against both REI strategy of leveraging debt and also inflation, paying off with cheaper dollars and having hard assets to ride the increase in value due to inflation.