Atlanta Turnkey Buy and Hold Market

[Jay Baxter]

Hello everyone!  I'm a long time reader, first time poster.  :)    The wife and I finally paid off our primary home and are ready to buy our first rental property. We've been looking in the Atlanta, GA and Birmingham, AL markets for turnkey opportunities. We've identified a few of Turnkey companies that looked legitimate and where properties looked promising: www.maverickinvestorgroup.com and www.noradarealestate.com in Atlanta and www.spartaninvest.com in Birmingham.  We were disappointed we could only find three that didn't look like scams, but I'm guessing that's mostly because we are new to turnkey real estate investing and that there are probably quite a few additional quality turnkey companies out there. 

We were hoping some of you experienced folks on these forums wouldn't mind sharing your knowledge.  We were curious...

1) Have you had any positive or negative experiences with any of the TurnKey companies listed above?  Are you aware of other reputable turnkeys in either market?

2) Are Atlanta, GA and Birmingham, AL good places for newbie turnkey real estate investors to start?

Thank you very much for your help!

Jay & Sara