Tennessee doesn’t have personal income tax but if we create an LLC we would have to pay state income tax.

Also, be sure to have the landlord and property management resources you will need to manage the property properly, including having an attorney on-call for guidance and counsel, forms, lease agreement, and education. 

Ultimately, the best market for investing under $250k will depend on factors like your risk tolerance, investment goals, and personal preferences.

If not - fly there and meet a bunch of PMs in person.

EDUCATE YOURSELF - yes, it will take time, but will lead to a selection that better meets your expectations & avoids potentially costly surprises!

It is about education. 

Keep educating yourself while in your current job and also look for some smaller developers if they are looking for helpUnfortunately right now is a bad time to get into commercial as job market has gotten crushed but stay positive and ask consider residential side for now as well vs commercial

It all depends, this is why I always review potential client's books what is the best course of action.I personally do not like QBO for real estate (I make it clear in all my posts lol) I just renewed my certification just because most people can't afford the PM software with accounting such as AppFolio and Yardi.

They are business credit cards which report to different agencies than your personal credit, so it wouldn't affect your personal status at all.

Quote from @Russell Brazil: In the future, do a court records search at https://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch/If you had done that, you would have seen they have 8 failure to pay rent cases against them.I am curious Who did the initial check on this person?