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Search the forums for others experience on this topic.

Use the search bar and find interesting topics.

This is always a hotly debated topic and you will not get a definitive answer on it, especially if you are investing alone without partners.

You can search this forum for Pigeon Forge and find literally hundreds of threads on the topic.

My background is rooted in public health and nutrition, so I can't help that my brain defaults to health-related topics - ha! 

I see that you're a PM, and since we're on the topic I would like to ask, how would I find a good manager?

General question for everyone here, since this is an interesting topic.

Topic 701 speaks to this - https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc7013.