Sounds like a good country song.

There is nothing from the sellers perspective that can go good with allowing numerous inspections that are not contracted.

There have been numerous people on BP talking about how they paid application fees but they could never get their loans closed on any deal brought to the company.

But, I've spoken with an STR attorney, and read numerous articles and threads on the city's website, as well as participated in STR-specific Facebook groups over the last year and a hald, and my conclusion is thus: I'm basically terrified of how Chicago treats STRs.

I have used the bigger pockets calculators numerous times and can give more insight into things to budget for. 

That said, real estate has additional characteristics (cash flow income / value-add on the renovation), it is not mere numerical leverage such as employed in finance.

I'm a bit of a forum junkie and participate in numerous forums.

And you are thinking about things correctly - for instance taking into account the fact that the area closer to Nashville is growing faster and therefore could bring you higher returns.However, Benjamin Aacker made the most important point - which is when there are numerous approaches its hard to choose when the end goals aren't clear. 

Numerous variables to account for.Please message me directly if you would like any further guidance.

Yesterday, I learned that numerous former Chicago public school district schools on the South side are going to be auctioned off this fall.