His takeaway from his loss was that all debt is inherently bad and people should only buy investment homes in cash. 

And before people start labeling me as a  "housing crasher"-- I am not.

We are doing OK but hope to get a lot more bookings the rest of the year for people coming to Pigeon Forge.

I would have people do at least some of this work you will lose time  market if you don't. 

That being said I have a few questions that I hope some people can answer for us.

I will say, when looking, use as much useful data as you can, but more importantly, work with people who know how to interpret the data.

As far as outcomes... the goal would be to simply make quality connections with people and exchange some form of contact information with those quality connections.

Some people like the country. 

I wouldn't touch this property with someone else's 10 foot pole.I don't do ANYTHING with foundation work.There are people who do, and that's awesome for them.

I was initially looking to buy a lot in Northern IL, and my agent alerted me that there have been some scams where people are posing as the owners of lots that they do not truly own, and then somehow potential buyer gets taken for the EMD.