Happy to connect and cut this one up in more detail with you.

when you read the common themes of the presentations its simply the age old MLM presentations.. 

Simply ask if the owner would be open to an offer on the property.

The few that are are available at cut rate prices.Now the smaller cabins are selling extremely well.

What if I have to evict  someone that technically lives under the same roof as me... or simply just sending a "Notice to Comply" I feel could create tension.Please let me know if you're someone who has self-managed a house hack and was it worth it?

Or FSBO sites and / or simply driving around and calling people.The best success was properties that need a lot of rehab, and wouldn't qualify for a traditional mortgage (kitchen missing, elec not workng etc).  

PF/Sville/Gburg will still be a draw for the shopping and touristy stuff but lots of people are simply too fat or uninterested to hike around in the Smokies.

Simply making stuff up. 

I don't have all the answers, but I got this:  find a good cleaner and take good care of that cleaner: pay well, not cut corners. 

I believe that the Federal Reserve is going to cut rates by 25-50 bps at it's September meeting (no emergency cut), but that 30-year fixed rate mortgage rates will rise to upper 6s low 7s around the same time, and Commercial borrowing rates, including for multifamily, will increase as well.