I am from Pensacola as well and moved to Columbus, OH, due to the rapidly growing city. 

Medium term rentals is a broad and growing niche.

Redfin also has a division of data, I can only ever find it by googling something like "redfin nashville market trends".

I live with 300+ days of sun but my electric rates are one of the lowest in the country...no way I could ever get a pay back.

Hey Sahil, totally can relate with you being from an expensive real estate market - I moved to Columbus a few years ago (from Portland, Oregon which was super expensive) to become a full time real estate investor, and ever since, I've completed quite a lot of BRRRRs, flips, and own a successful rental portfolio here in Columbus Ohio.

If your side hustle grows your income, then you might look at $150K.

Also - we just made a new guide to help people how to use BP for their business, called "Using BiggerPockets to Grow Your Business" - definitely check it out, I think you'll find a lot of value in it.

If litigation was enough to make someone not do something then none of us would ever do business. 

I thought it would be best to ask others to see if they were in the same situation and got to reduce the tax burden on their W2 income and grow the investments simultaneously.

It's more important than ever to find residents that qualify.