Not only do you get to save money, make money, build equity but you also learn the ins and outs of managing rentals in a relatively low risk fashion.

I own/operate my portfolio in Central NC (and a few STRs by the coast) and definitely think you can have great success in the Triangle (Raleigh/Durham) and Triad (Greensboro, Winston Salem, High Point); I'm sure the same holds true for Charlotte and the Western Carolina mountains.

Yes, wholesaling is nothing more than finding and selling deals at discount prices, and that never goes out of fashion...I saw you'd reached out previously with some Georgia-specific questions.

I would concentrate on doing that the old fashioned way, likely to be quicker really.

But that's not terribly useful to me as I care more about what I can set my nightly rate at; I don't want to reverse engineer the math to extrapolate what the property owner is charging, if in fact that's how the number is calculated.Do some old-fashioned research, don't let this calculator get too excited. :)  And research the local laws!!!  

I think @Jerryll Noorden is mostly on the western part of the state.

You would then generate another number for another vendor in the same fashion, etc...

Short Term Rental Cabin in Western North Carolina!

IMHO, and after reading your post it sounds like you did everything properly and in a timely fashion yet the tenant still went out to fix things on their own accord for their own convenience. 

It sounds weird, but you can start by literally reading anything - even if its sports, cars, fashion, etc.