One option is to sell the house sounds like you are not staying in top of it anyways.

Michael great to hear you have identified a potential asset for investing in!

Have you identified any particular neighborhoods or types of properties in Montgomery that you're considering?

From a broker perspective deal velocity is important to making money since you only make money when people move spaces or sell buildings. 

My gut says don't sell and keep buying but just feeling very stuck.

The problem with selling your home is that you have to find a place to go.

When you think of who sells a lot of products, that you actively us, who comes to mind?

East Tennessee home sales increased 8.9% from the previous month, but were down 1.4% from a year ago.The median sale price was $354,000 — up 10.3% from the previous year.Total housing inventory increased from the previous year – up 24.0% from a year ago.Half of the homes sold were under contract in 28 days or less, up from 25 days a year ago.45% of homes sold for the asking price or above, with 21% selling for more than the asking price. 8% sold for at least $10,000 over asking and 2.6% sold for at least $25,000 over asking.The sale-to-list price ratio increased to 97.8% – up from 97.6% last month.New construction represented 16.5% of total home sales.If you want to dive deeper into some numbers in the Knoxville and surrounding area I'm always happy to nerd out. 

With houses sitting on the market longer, I am thinking of offering the house as a short term rental until it sells.

I have identified some companies that I believe are relevant but I'm not sure how to approach them, as I am very new to real estate myself.