The group gets a nice short term return, my landlord makes a share of that, agent fees and half of profit.

I have seen a lot of people discussing how to get to the Pigeon Forge area.The short answer is Google Maps and Waze has the road closures and will reroute people automatically.

There are million different reasons why home prices go up and down, and with a congress that is split 50/50 assume nothing is really changing when someone gets into the whitehouse.

Let’s share experiences and insights to ensure we’re all getting the best possible deals on our projects.

There are so many forum posts from investors who buy a random property thousands of miles away based on recommendations from people they don't know and unrealistic spreadsheet math, get crushed by capex, and give up. 

I even reached out to hosts on Airbnb, and one said to call the city planner to get my STR permit. 

And I look up 3 bed 2 bath houses for rent in that same zipcode to see houses similar to the one I chose to get a gauge for how much I can rent it out for. 

Either way, you may sit empty for a bit until you get the price right.

Or just used $15k as a downpayment and then had to make a couple months of payments to make the property ready, pay for inspections and repairs, commissions, utilities, advertising, and then it sat empty for a month and you had to make another payment?

I am doing a lot of reading and research here while working full time and while real estate investing seems like a daunting challenge I am looking forward to getting started.