Of course, being near Nashville is great for people who love a city with a unique identity, innovation and entrepreneurship, culture, music, food, art, nature, etc, etc.It's more challenging to find good deals in the city now, as it has been a really hot market, but there are still deals to be found a little farther out.Congrats on taking bold steps to improve your life!

Mark has utilized his diverse background to facilitate and advise the launch of many successful business start-ups in fields ranging from multi-family housing to specialty food and apparel manufacturing.

Learning the hotel business, management, operations, food and beverage, etc will help you understand what a current owner is doing poorly and what you can do better.

If food / fast food / drive thru - the brand needs to go dark and buy out of lease or file's BK - is there a replacement brand waiting in the wings.  

If Whole Foods decides to move in, then watch out.

When you do hang out its video games,  good conversation, I could imagine  some take out food, a few beers, maybe  a hit or two.

My food isnt 2-5 times more expensive. 

Most of the jobs are ag related however- we have a John Deere dealership, Dalton Ag which manufactures other ag products, Michael Foods which is a egg factory, Taygold cooperative, Precision- makes pulley's and idlers for things such as wind turbines, etc.

Food insecure, medicine insecure, transportation insecure.  

Let's chat sometime--I can at least point out some decent local "southern food" restaurants