I think you're misguided on this particular topic, but you seem like a nice and intelligent guy, so thanks for the lively discussion.

For example, the 10-foot, 3-panel sliding patio door was just $800.4.

Which just means that rather than the new loan maturing in a nice round 5 or 7 years, it will mature in 2 years and 10 months, if that's how long your lease with the current tenant is.

Best first property to buy IMO is a househackIf you have 150k in my market you have lots of room to buy a very nice duplex that is comfortable to live in a really separates you from the other unit

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

I will have people that expect to rent my nicely renovated 4/3 3000sf with private pool, fenced yard on a lake for $100/night because they saw some other dump a couple blocks down for that price.

It’s a nice win-win.Do different states have different success rates with tenants and housing vouchers?

Gatlinburg is nice. 

@Candy Kimbro Congrats on your STR property, nice cash flow for sure.

Nice!