City and county gubmits have undoubtedly gotten fat off of these hugely bloated values.  

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.

As you get your trades lined up and all your other inputs and learn where to take the fat out, move up to larger projects. 

An hour from Dollywood is a big fat nothing burger.

No, you don’t need to show a fat W2 either.​👇 What you do need:A decent credit score (680+ preferably but 600 is doable)A property that cash flowsA game plan that makes sense on paper​That’s it.​DSCR loans are built for:🤝 First-time investors who don’t want to deal with tax return headaches🤝 BRRR investors refinancing out of hard money🤝 People who understand cash flow > credit score​So if you’ve been waiting until you “feel legit enough, ”This is your green light.​You don’t have to be a pro.

“He that waters others will himself be freely watered and the generous soul will be made fat.”🤔 “He that waters others will himself be freely watered and the generous soul will be made fat.”You weren't offering to "water others", you are asking to be watered.

So if you fat finger something you get to play detective on where you went wrong. 

Set the rent high enough you're happy if someone pays you big fat rent.As an agent that works a fair number of leases I also don't like the alternative showing system. 

Once you get your personal budget rock solid and have cut all of the fat you don't need you will be able to save more for your first eventual investment purchase.

Conventional is bad enough when it comes to red tape and regulations, and now youre adding the literal federal government into a construction project with a 203k.Most mortgage lenders push FHA because they come with big fat margins for the lender.