Last week I had and engineer tell me he could not get the BluRay player to work. 

Have the correct insurance to cover STR activity in your home (Proper and CBIZ are the two major players in that area) AND have an umbrella policy in place.  

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If you don't need the cash flow, and the property breaks even in the current market, then you're really just speculating, and if you have the money to speculate it may not matter one way or the other, much like it may not matter if you go to Vegas and blow a grand at the casino if you have the grand to blow. 

Saying that about Dodge takes a lot - they've come a ways since the casino was put in.Anyways I went on a tangent - but do your homework and check out the short term rental market - maybe buy a duplex and use the other half as a short term rental or a small apt complex if you can afford it near the university. 

VRBO is a major player in Sevier County market.

It's pretty easy to see by these posts who has worked with General Contractors successfully and those who have not.When folks condemn a whole profession because they've been "burned" at some point in the past, it just shows how ignorant they are.Of course you need to research whomever you are considering working with and General Contractors are very easy to assess once you know what to look for.Instead of complaining after the fact, get better at conducting your own due diligence.Contractors, like ANY profession has some bad players, BUT it's your fault if you haven't done the proper research.Just a thought.

(I went to UofM Dearborn so I have basketball players rent out the bottom unit)The only thing that made it hard in Dearborn was how high insurance and property taxes are.

If you were a baseball player, you start in the minors, then go the the big leagues.