Hope this helps! 

My wheelehouse is long term management of investment properties, but I do have a good relationship with a loca Chattanooga broker who helps investors in the area.

BP has various tools to help you analyze your deals (rentals, flips, wholesale, etc). : https://www.biggerpockets.com/investment-calculators7.

I would love a calculator that could help me make better decisions but not sure that exists.

Hope that helps!

If you want to be generating leads from a website, SEO will help with credibility and long term visibility, and an attractive website will also help with building credibility and trust too.

Inspection reports and appraisals are helpful but aren't a cure-all.

I am a voice of common sense and help them come up with the best way to manage STRs.

It can be a very good market, but the why behind your choice may help us give you better advice on how to move forward.Before realtors and property managers, you really need to meet other investors so you are making a good move by trying to do that here, but it would be better if you could do it in person.

You want someone who works with investors and gets it. 99 percent of real estate agent don't appreciate investors and therefore don't help them the right way.I hope that helps.Happy Thanksgiving~ Always helpful to get some perspective!