Atlanta House Hacking

[Minh Bui]

I'm planning on buying a property in Atlanta and will try to rent out each room. Does anyone have any prior experience doing this in Atlanta? How did you screen tenants? Do you have any tips? This is will be my very first property. 

Also, I have two different mentors telling me two different ways they suggest I buy a property. One suggests I just do a FHA loan and buy through a realtor, while the other suggests I use a wholesaler and come up with the cash from family and friends, rehab, then refinance and pay the debt back. I'm leaning towards the FHA loan because I feel like the wholesaler route is more risky, but I am open to hear everyone's thoughts on this subject.