Proximity to Nashville is key—properties within 5-15 minutes of the city tend to attract more guests, but a nicer home 20-30 minutes away could provide more value in the long run.Make sure to research short-term rental rates in both areas to determine which offers the best return.

For any of these real estate funds that have guaranteed rates of returns for set periods I would want to understand how my investment is secured.

Because of where interest rates are at—and how slow everything is moving—we basically made a "take it or leave it" deal.

Fellow attorneys rate him 1.5 or 2.5 out of 5.  

To me personally as well I found it was more important for what I do to cultivate commerical bankers and those relationships so I could get access to bank rate capital and lots of it !!

While a western WA deal might not meet some Midwest cf metric like 1%, it will be above the market cap rate or below FMV of comparibles and give you options. 

Interest rates or property taxes spike, squeezing your cash flow?

Buy a new property, rent it out for a year and then move in for 19 years as your primary. it’s 95% tax free (19/20ths) it doesn’t matter you passed the 2 of 5 years rule  2) if there’s any rental activity before the 5 year look back period, it’s pro-rated.

You likely deserve more credit then you're giving yourself.With things being unfamiliar, they seem more difficult than they are.You will need to base your decisions on forward projections like the ARV, rent rates and renovation costs.

In San Diego at the current rates for a purchase loan (which has better rates than an ADU additions) at high LTV, I show 1% does not cash flow on a sustained basis.