It's a competitive market and most of the people that get in trouble here are ones that buy blindly without actually figuring out the numbers, etc.You'd be surprised the number of times I get asked after month one if their electric bill of $xxx or whatever is normal, and the thought running through my head is "how did you not  check things like that before you committed half a million dollars to something?"

It runs us normally about $175/lot installed.

Is this normal?

Normally it's single family or multi-family that's the easiest place to begin.

Rents for medium term rentals usually range from 1.5 times to 2 times the normal rent for a place.

I reached out to the individual marketing the deal to schedule a property viewing, but they’re asking for proof of funds (which I expected) and a signed purchase agreement or LOI.Is this normal?

I normally pick and choose the events I go to based on what will be discussed. 

As noted above, up to 50% of gross rental income normally gets eaten up by expenses (taxes, management fees, utilities, landscaping, repairs, capex, etc).

In Illinois, when an agent does that, there are functions normally expected of the realtor that they are legally prohibited from doing.

But anyways, I have a stretch where I’ll be gone for several months - mid July through mid October, possibly stretching to the end of the year, and I’m wondering if anyone has any ideas beyond just a normal rental - traveling nurse, etc. that might be good in Nashville.