Hi,I run a short-to-mid-term rental business.

With respect to your question about the market in Nashville for rentals, I don't know really since this home was my primary home that I rented only because I needed to move out of state on short notice.

We have an apartment complex in a state where we are required to have tenants sign Window Guard forms and for the first time in decades, a tenant asked about getting window guards.  

We are just… at our wits end currently …. and just want to be done with this stage in our lives, yet we are running blind here… Ryan

The short term rentals up in that area do very well all around Crystal River the Springs.

That's the first step, then selecting a market, then asset type, asset class.There is no short answer.

They may be able to finance you at a low down payment if you have experience, reserves, and FICO as long as the 65% of the value can support the entire purchase price  I wasn't saying 0 down, but the concept of full return of capital. 15% land purchase cash. in columbus land is let's say 50k we build a triplex for 350k which is very close to 15%. small entitlements, reserves required, etc whatever lender asks for. multifamily sells for 200k per door in our market over 4 units, we are pushing the values up. first ones we are working on because of rezoning, etc but it's a full refinance on 6 month seasoning and do it again. that's the scenario that I was outlining. we do it in the urban core of Columbus where new construction trades at $325 a square foot or more for higher rents and higher equity. we could still put more units per parcel in columbus. these are all infill I hate Lehigh acres. overbuilt, no infrastructure, no commercial drivers or asset.

The issue is in the short term it takes sacrifice to yield long term gain.  

We are experienced investors in the Cleveland market, we are turning 1-2 properties per month (both rentals/flips).

I hadn’t even thought about short term rentals for that area but that’s a really good point with the graduations.