The data help with the science part, but the art comes from your design vision and connections with people in market who can give you information about the areas where you are interested in investing.I have used a lot of tools, and right now I am using AirDNA and BNBCalc to get different data driven views on properties.  

There are too many varieties to be relaying on advice from people who haven't seen it and it's not their area of expertise.

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.