The whole craze of STRs as a viable alternative investment for Joe Public has made finding good deals (at least my definition) in the Gatlinburg market exceedingly difficult.  

Your daughter can either learn life lessons from you and your wife now with your help...or she can spend the rest of her life learning (or not learning) on her own the hard way.  15 is not young at all...she will be out of the house in a couple of years.And what's the alternative...go work at a yogurt shop? 

If so, then what's the alternative source for water.

If yes, can suggest some better alternatives.

Yea...Unfortunately they are out of the eviction game as well, but he did offer an alternative attorney so I am awaiting a call back.  

But an alternative would be going through with a Hard Money Lender as they would lend to an LLC. 

I see a lot of old posts suggesting meetups but I don't anticipate those being as lucrative of an idea post-covid-19 so just looking for alternative/safe ways to get myself out there! 

Is this an unbelievably good deal?

Alternatively, I remember moving from Japan to San Diego in 2006 with two kids - the rental market was so tight that PMs had many qualified applications to choose from on each house, so I had to write several $35 checks hoping they wouldn't all get processed and cashed at the same time... 

An alternative you might consider is house hacking with a casita/in-law suite.