I'm a regular member of a similar forum for poker players.  

The general public has a lack of understanding of our regulatory and legal environment with regard to housing, however, some are up on every letter of the law....lots of players out there too.

A key that is very important and I have seen developers on new projects and value add players on existing property make this mistake again and again.They have success doing a certain type of building or reno and then want to apply doing it that way 100% to a new area they are breaking into.

Private Lending can be an interesting way to make a good return on your money for short term loans - and you'll generally have a 1st position lien on the property so if they skipped town, moved to Vegas, and became poker players - you'd get the house.

Mitsubishi is certainly a big player in that market but LG products are also very good.

You will learn a lot about different areas of real estate and meet the players in the Nashville market. 

If you are just starting out in REI and you already realize the presence of bigger players, imagine the sort of realizations they have had in the past several years.

Sometimes they can't get the Directv working properly or they are having trouble with the DVD player.

They bring in a lot of out of state football players.

**Warning this strategy may not work if you are established and have families** My suggestion is to find the biggest player, who you connect with, at your local real estate investment club and ask them to intern for them over the summer.