I am pulling in between $500 to $1,000 from mine each month even at a high interest rate with about 25% down for each. 

Happy to share mine I made from using Word and Excel.

The Smokies are a favorite of mine, but beware it is an ultra competitive market. 

If it was mine, I'd fix those bathrooms up with real tubs and tile and different vanity tops and change out the kitchen laminate with something modern and I definitely wouldn't supply appliances.Would it work...

Even with the manager, in mine, I'm thinking about and doing more in the STR than they ones I actively manage.

I remember chatting with a good friend of mine, Jared, who once picked up a quirky three-story in Somerville to rent short-term.

BUT for certain rural areas it's worth it's weight in gold because of the reliability factor vs an unreliable or expensive existing utility structure. 

When customers want to meet contractors at home depot it cost  more time because contractors are constantly consulting because they haven't made up there mine.

HELOC is gold.

Mine is R1, so I need to figure something out.