Do whatever helps you sleep like a baby at night, if that is even possible these days, but I think you understand what I'm getting at!

Am I just panicking for nothing and being a baby since it’s my largest career purchase?

@Ron Flatt I agree with your view, but do wonder how much the baby boomers will effect the market in general.

It's the same treatment I get from my mortgage lender, my insurance company, my cellphone provider, and any other professional business.Treat this like a friendship and you'll eventually find out your renters do not see the relationship the same way.Nathan my classic was a young couple had a baby in Indiana middle of winter they say they cant afford rent and the heat can they skip two months and make it up over the next year..

Just some questions and thoughts...Obviously with cash flow as your goal, you’ll want to make sure you can get more, and yet I wouldn’t throw the baby out with the bath water just yet!

Find a good building inspector to go over the house with a fine tooth comb, then you'll know what you're dealing with.

STR crowd due to close proximity to ocean (2 blocks away), Baby boomers =great retirement area and it is a single-story, no stairs.

IMO Adult Men should not wear BABY HATS!

There is plenty of inventory within Knoxville coming available for house hacking b/c many Baby Boomers are downsizing, moving to sunny locations, moving to be near grandkids, etc., etc. and leaving behind their homes that haven't been updated since Nixon was POTUS. 

Originally posted by @Jonathan R McLaughlin: "...we need to think about the responsibility of landlords to the larger public too."