Reach out to me, would love to share why.Also please share your experiences and frustrations owning physical property.

I mentioned those because of the growth of the cities and because of the closer proximity to your location.

A lot of my friends take the bus or trains, so proximity to public transportation is your biggest plus if parking will be an issue.

Some of these "drive-bys" aren't even physical drive-bys.

I would shoot for 2bed/2bath (maybe 3bed/2bath) and most importantly, proximity to the campus of course. 

Being a smaller market it will also have less jobs, and let's face it... probably the most important thing about deciding where to live in the Phoenix metro area is proximity to work. 

In many states (and again, I'm not sure about Tennessee), they have to personally serve you, which means they must physically hand you court documents. 

All of your other needs (e.g. proximity to work, moving out) are met with this option as well.

Yes you should be able to change the time as long as all parties agree, but in my experience you don't have to be physically present at the minute a sale closes (maybe it is different where you are buying). 

I just have my agent there put me in the e mail up date daily on listings if I see one I like I then will ask questions I will have MY GC run by and look see.. and if we want it I simply have my agent do the paper work.. if your expecting the agent to physically take you to all these houses then your not dealing with reality.