If a long distance horror story would statistically be likely to happen to me once every 10 years... then I will take my chances with long distance REI.

Yes wholesaling can generate people some quick cash, but if you already have a full time job and a family, I think you may be in for a rude awakening of just how much work goes into getting your first deal(which statistics show can take months of mailers and thus $$$ before getting a deal).If you are paying credit card debt off with interest, most likely it is in the 16%+ range, which almost no investment property off the MLS will have an ROI high enough to justify putting off paying your credit cards in exchange for a rental property.Once your high interest( > 8% interest) debt is paid off, I think your next step should be put a 10% "personal tax" on yourself by forcing yourself to set aside 10% of your income towards investments.

Thats a true statistic. 

Hello, I'm looking for some advice on where you can obtain good up to date information on your states rental rates and rental statistics.

Atlanta sits in Fulton county and in the ( MSA ) metropolitan statistical area there is over 25 counties.

For crime statistics, for flood zone for HOA information and you name it, almost all those information can be found somewhere online.

They controlled for all of these in their study:Violent crime, property crime, narcotics, % Latino, % African American, younger people, unemployment, teenagers with divorced parents, owner occupied housing units, small business activity, and how 'run down' the neighborhood is.The following are statistically significant.

Check crime statistics- you can't hide that stuff.

First off need to stop quoting bs statistics   I said 30%...2 years? 

Vedant,I'd like to hear more about the statistic that you usually research before you feel that a hotel at a location would be lucrative.