I have experience working with out of state investors and am transparent and fair with pricing.

Likely to get quicker gain, but without experience and low money down, your risk will shoot up exponentially.

Really looking to connect with locals about their experiences, get their advice, and hopefully find a mentor that can help me out.

Anyone with experience have any thoughts?

We did it ourselves on the TNTAP and the experience was positive (they made it easy and painless).

This experience reinforced the value of strong partnerships, swift decision-making, and effective management in real estate investments with Partner Driven.

If your home is in a solid area and you can hold onto it while having even some cash flow, I would usually pick that option.From the experience I have seen with my dad and holding properties long term and conversations I've have with older investors is that if you hold onto RE, you will usually be happy you did so.Most investors say: I never really regretted buying, but I have regretted selling. 

Our experience is that the area is very overpriced for available STRS.

This experience highlighted the importance of finding reliable contractors and reinforced the value of efficient project management in real estate investments with Partner Driven.

@Brett Richardson what has been your real estate experience so far?