Dumpster is delivered and demo starts the first week . 

Chattanooga is a great market to start out in.

Start by reading the Ultimate Real Estate Investing Guide: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides/ultimate-real-estate-investing-guide/introduction2.

Hiring someone to do the work will likely cost too much (I would charge a small fortune, it's an incredible amount of work) and doing things as cheaply as possible will bite you in the *** later when you start having issues with your own shoddy work and/or materials.

We are not the right choice for everyone, but we do help hundreds of investors every year start and progress their investing goals.

I am beginning to worry after the recent fires, so I am starting now. 

Starting your first Airbnb?

I'm not very intimate with the markets to the north and south, but I would start looking at price to rent ratios and decide what type of rental type and terms you want to invest in.

Quote from @Kim Scheid: @Travis Biziorek and @Sean O'Keefe, we are looking to start with our first out of state rental and would love to know more about self management.

@Jordan Miller most Class A & B rental properties bought since 2021 really don't cashflow from day one.Class B will take 1-3 years to start showing cashflow.Class A, 3-5 years.Current investors keep making the mistake of looking back at deals from 5-10 years ago when prices & interest rates were both a lot lower, but NOT rental rates.