Hi, I am from Georgia, with everything goes up here, feel like Alabama could offer a better or cheaper place to invest, so I am thinking about investing in Alabama, not inside of Birmingham, but between Atlanta and Birmingham or between Birmingham and Huntsville.  

Listing the properties as a portfolio should get you a sale of both together but if you get an offer on one ask the buyer to allow you to try individually marketing the other for 30 days.

Sometimes, conventional loans offer better deals if you have excellent credit. 

If you are going to invest remotely, I suggest narrowing down the regions/markets you are would like to invest in, then take each step of due diligence to figure out what that market offers, any downsides to not being local, etc. 

I'll start with the Axios interview I gave back in December and was published in January  Case and point, the low skilled Agents will be pushed out as there is now less low hanging fruit out there for them.The Elite Agents who have been superior to the low skilled Agents in everyway except for the willingness to work for a low wage, will no longer have to compete with 1,000's of low skilled Agents offering their services for a much lower price than the Elite Agents.Fewer low wage Agents means all that money rolls right back up to Daddy.

How much competition is there?

When it comes to Charlotte, they weren't accepting my offers, so I just kept moving on.  

There are many thousands of searches a month for that key term.Different Cities will have different competition levels for ranking.Diversification:Diversification applies beyond direct booking sites but you should have your listings everywhere.- VRBO- Booking.com- Airbnb- Google Travel (through Direct Booking Site)- Furnish Finder (Direct Booking Site)Speaking of Furnish Finder.

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We ended up saving more than our fair share considering this was in 2021 and sellers were getting 20 offers all above asking, we were able to buy below market value.