• Investing with a spouse works when it's a real partnership — collaborative decision-making and open communication, not one person driving and the other along for the ride.
• The Smoky Mountains is still one of the strongest STR markets out there, but winning in it still comes down to nailing location, design, and amenities.
• Conferences are the highest-leverage room in this business — the relationships you build there turn into deals, referrals, and even friends who end up investing

In this episode, Justin names exactly who should never buy a condo — the control freaks, the HOA-haters, the ones chasing ego over ROI — and then blows up every one of those excuses. He breaks down what your HOA fee is actually buying you, why condo insurance can run a fraction of a single-family home's on the coast, the one real red flag to check before you buy, and why Gulf Shores HOAs aren't fighting your short-term rental income — the town was built for it. Then the numbers: why condos are out-earning single-family homes in this market, and how to underwrite one the right way so a pretty pro forma never fools you.

If you've written off condos, listen before you believe it.