., you never know the motivations for purchases in a place like the Smokies.I wouldn't be surprised if some folks were buying them to offset income. 

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Taylor.

 - you can furnish fairly cheap (offer up, CL, buy nothing …, thrift or consignment stores, etc) but it take more effort and more calendar time.  

In other works I will negotiate the deals not listing agent and I will pay the Buyers agent a premium  probably 3 to 6%  I have had very good luck over the years moving harder to sell inventory when i boost the buying agents commish.

He has helped some of my customers here at the bank especially my Doctors, Dentist buying some unbelievable Vacation rentals and investment properties. 

you trying to buy the property?

Alternatives include the BRRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) strategy and flipping.

Do your due diligence on the company, just like you were buying THEM!

The selling partner gets 10% more in reduced selling costs and the buying partner saves selling costs on their portion. 

A side note is if in person events interest you - the BiggerPockets conference this year, BPCon 2024, is October 6-8th and is a HUGE opportunity to meet folks, Cody Sanchez the keynote speaker is speaking on buying businesses and "boring" investments like storage units, laundromats, etc and it might be a great place for you to find some likeminded folks https://biggerpockets.getregistered.net/conference-2024/agen...Thirdly, if you're specifically looking for a mentorship program have you checked out some of the reviews and questions on the Guru, Book, and Course Review forum?