Going to start out by buying and holding for now. 

Owners mistakenly ASSUME all PMCs offer the exact SAME SERVICES and PERFORM those services EXACTLY THE SAME WAY, so price is the only differentiator – so, they often select the first PMC they call or that calls them back!

You would buy there to live or if you just want to own property in the best location possible....Overall, the long term rental game is rather difficult in the middle TN market right now, especially in the Nashville area.

This can become dicey and should be paid attention to when buying a property.

To follow up on this thread with a little more info I've found since my last post:Found someone in our area that will do new construction VA loans - they were with this company:www.annie-mac.comMaybe they have loans in other areas, might be worth a call.  

Maggie,If your husband is going to use it occasionally I would buy it as a second home so you only need to put 10% down.

I'll share that with her and maybe even try it myself.I'd like to give you a call with a CRE question, as well.

You don't usually get to inspect the property before buying so you take a large risk.

If you do don't stop buying.

Aside from the STR restriction situation mentioned by Michael, new construction is going to cost more than buying an existing property 98 percent of the time.