In good conscious, I must tell you that if you chose to manage this yourself and you don't understand the culture or community, you can be in for an extreme rude awakening.

@Matthew Irish-Jones.

Not a knock, just a reality of entertainment culture.  

Not an automatic cash cow - it's a people business first and foremost and unless your company understands that and institutes that culture you will not be successful.

One of the most beautiful places with tremendous natural and cultural beauty - being destroyed through business-hostile policies. 

-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish Playwright Perseverance is a great element of success.

Those numbers were permanently depressed in 2008, and they're not coming back barring an extraordinary cultural shift that we'll see a mile off.The supply chain problems don't help, as Account Closed mentions, but they're not the driving force.

Matthew Irish-Jones we cleared just under 20k on that first flip.

They will generally set up a time to show you around and help you feel comfortable about their training and their people, culture, etc.   

Every University has a different "housing culture", and you should really learn what that is at Clemson before diving in.