All Forum Posts by: Dalton Emershaw

So, full disclosure, I am not at all experienced enough to try this, I am just asking out of curiosity and education.

There is a Holiday Inn in the downtown of my city that closed. It is 5 stories and has a small indoor pool.

Could there be an efficient way to convert this hotel into a multi-family apartment building?

If you want a small town feel that is ripe for investing, then you should come to Norton, Virginia. It’s the smallest city in Virginia and you can get great property cheap!

We are nestled in the mountains and an hour from Tennessee and Kentucky. We don’t have much, but we have beautiful mountains and many hiking and biking trails. Also, you can get to many more populated cities very quick, and many state and interstate parks.

I appreciate the luck @Marlen Weber! I know I’m going to need it, but I definitely look forward to the challenges ahead.

I am from Norton, Virginia and am super appreciative that this site exists to give education, personal experience, and support to investors, new and old. I have been listening to the podcast and reading the forums and blogs. 

I would like to start with buy and hold properties, and maybe adding some flips to build principle. I plan to get started in REI so that I can help rebuild my hometown, while moving towards my own financial freedom.

Norton is in the coalfields of the Appalachian mountains and since the city has been working on myriad of infrastructure and job building projects, I hope now is a good time to begin my investing story.

If anyone has any helpful tips for investing in a low populated and poverty stricken area, I'm all ears (or eyes since this is a forum).