@Erin Spradlin I have no regrets having invested in my STR in the Smoky Mountains some 4 years ago and I’m actually now dealing with our 2nd natural disaster in the area with my first being the horrible wildfires a few years ago in the area that squashed almost all of a holiday season with significant expenditure on smoke damage.

We even had horrible flooding last year, and none of the LVP we put down was lost. 

Horrible customer service and no apparent structured system to manage properties and client relations. 

Now all the foods left inside got rotten and they smell horrible.

Many of them told me stories of horrible tenants with poor credit buying homes pre-crash.

These are just high level ideas that I'm trying to see if they warrant any further time investment to determine viability, or if they are just horrible ideas. 

However, we were getting charged crazy rates for the extra paperwork that needs done, and they were doing a horrible job (we found out later).

My 8 unit has come with a larger learning curve because it was horribly mismanaged and a total value add.

They are horribly slow and make the entire process exceedingly cumbersome for both a broker and the borrower. 

Hire a pro and let them handle it, or hire amateurs, buy your own materials, but don’t be surprised when you end up paying more for less quality then have to do it all over again because the job was botched horribly.