And once set, this shifts the focus to rinse and repeat, finding the next value-add potential and making magic happen again. 

I'm in TN so I do not know that market at all, but from my perspective I would want to know what areas are in demand.

Whether you're just getting your footing or already seasoned in real estate, I'd love to hear your journey—what sparked your passion, the lessons learned along the way, and how your perspective on investing has evolved.

However, there are more and more resources that are helping the industry as a whole, so hopefully this will shift more positively in the coming years. 

Quote from @Bryant Brislin: Land in the path of development that may seem a little far out, but your gut/intution and common sense from an urban planning perspective tells you that some day, whether it's in 10 years, 20 years, etc it will be a great long-term position for your family to have and hopefully sell at a signifcant multiple return compared to what you've paid for it.

.: What is the best way to hold investment property from an estate planning perspective and to be passed down to heirs? 

To give you some perspective, I’ve interviewed or worked with over 50 lenders the past couple years and he’s only 1 of 2 total I recommend.  

From purely a lending perspective, the projections from AirDNA and Rabbu are the only commonly accepted sources for underwriting a short term rental purchase or refinance DSCR loan.

A few of the sellers I've spoken with  and who previously offered the broker fee as a marketing tool are getting frustrated with this type of behavior and want to shift away from offering a co-op and instead make it a negotiable concession when genuine effort is made on the part of the buyer agent.  

@Andrew Freed, You don't have any issues from a tax perspective with bringing passive and active income under the same entity?