Actually most people who have vacation homes out there come from Atlanta or Charlotte and are just looking for mountain getaway alternatives to Blue Ridge or the more expensive places in ski country like Beech Blowing Rock Linville Sugar Mtn etc.

@Brian Turner - It is not uncommon that existing tenants who are well below market rent may be suffering in silence because they know the rent is low and they don't want to risk rocking-the-boat and thereby triggering a rent increase by complaining to the original owner.

It's in Wilson, that's the problem.Look at Raleigh, any house that isn't in a primo location all cash or low leverage, is just sitting like your pet rock.

All caps is kind of loud but you make valid points. 

I was denied a couple months ago by Allstate for fire risk for the first time ever. 5 miles from a major casino in the middle of a large community in the red rock area of Las Vegas. 

Waste ground is good for you, trees, water, rocks, hills, etc.

I have a 3/2.5 in Old Lake Highlands near White Rock Lake (~1 mile) that my family and I are living in as a primary residence, but I have been thinking about house hacking into another house and then doing a MTR on this 3/2.5.

If I had it to do all over again, I'd go heavy metal (lol, rock on!)

Often - the rock bottom terms available (full income, credit, asset, prime credit) are not necessarily provided by lenders that will permit a transitions to an LLC.

But I'm concerned I'm missing important data because it seems as though AirBNB is the more often used booking site for the Lake Harmony/Split Rock area.