The city has a few popular vineyards and every year a festival is held where roughly a quarter million visitors attend. 

I attended an informational training for beyond bnb, without signing up for their service, I implemented a couple strategies they discussed and found they worked.  

Red Stick REI is a great meetup in BR if you're not already attending it - it's on the first Tuesday of each month. 

In 2017, I found Hipster Investments (Ali Boone) and through Hipster attended a webinar hosted by Maverick Investment Group (Matt Bowles, Phil Alexander).

I'm out in Denver but have family in NC and from what I've seen it seems like a fantastic market.In addition, if you house hack there are programs like NACA that will help you qualify. 

We see a lot of our clients in Denver and Colorado Springs have success with either rent-by-the-room or some sort of basement apartment/ADU setup.

These days, a couple of things seem to be affecting how and where college age students are attending classes.

You should download the lists of properties, research a few, attend online or person, and learn the basics.

Hey @Abigail King - I'm quite a bit further north here in Chicago, but my friend @Brad Stegall hosts a great meetup in Perioa - consider connecting with him and attending the event.Are you looking to buy & hold or fix & flip?

Then typically the applicants also attend the hearing to help answer any questions that may arise that the agent might not know the answer to.