You can buy cash flow rentals in CA  within a few hours of were you live that will do as well if not better than many markets... you may want to check those out as well.And if you have friends and family in Nashville I would certainly start there as opposed to a place you have no known associates other than those you meet on line and think are nice !.

You want tax-payer backstopped loans as a "public good" but then it should be ok to default on them because we all aspire to the absolutely mediocre goal of the  "working middle class," as opposed to insouciance wealth I suppose, because we all know rich people are lazy and didn't earn their money.

An accounting or finance major can tell you why these flippers don't use their own money - the rate of return on their investment is infinite, as opposed to fixed, while the risk/reward ratio is inverse.  

We're young and don't so much have bad credit history, as opposed to no credit history.

In Connecticut,  filling out real estate contract to buy as an investor, do I need to put my street address or can I use a post office box.    

@Tammy Wise,Honestly, Look for someone who knows them well as opposed to someone local or in the area.

Hey all,I am interested in a foreclosure in New Jersey but did one of those 3M lead paint tests and found out the whole exterior is lead based paint.

@Ashley WarnhoffThe only advice I can provide would be that whether renting or selling1) use earth tones as they tend to be appealing to many and still neutral enough to allow people to coordinate belongings in a way that will most likely work for them to some extent.2) Choose the same set 2-3 colors you can use on exteriors and interiors from project to project so that touch up work doesn't turn into a re-paint and so when you have paint left over at the end of one or another projects, you can save the excess and use it again later on another unit - saving $.Hope that helps......

I'm not opposed to working full time either and having rentals on the side because that's what I'm doing now. 

@Michael HerrIt sounds like your seller wants their cash now, as opposed to later.