While I currently live outside Portland, OR, I plan to begin investing in Tennessee. I am interested in getting feedback about Chattanooga vs Knoxville. 

I quit my corporate job in 2001 for a career in Real Estate Investing!  

So you have to weight risk to reward.. and sometimes we have to eat one that we bought it happens..

The line "not your buyer" is quite a bit different than "not a buyer."

I have done quite a few BRRRRs, but i would be hesitant to try a remote BRRRR.- in this higher rate market, i find BRRRRs to be challenging because after a high LTV refinance the units have negative cash flow.  

The high tax eats away a lot at the cash flow.

HOA will eat up a lot of your money. 

I’m open to either a townhouse or a single-family home, but I’m definitely trying to steer clear of any crazy HOAs that eat into cash flow (you know what I’m talking about!).

Hours of servicing the loans in all their aspects quickly eats up the points we received at the beginning of each mortgage & it feels like we're doing all the work for no compensation.  

However, a multifamily purchase could work quite nicely.