Would I want to live here, not necessarily this house, but this town?

I contacted the City Hall or Town Hall in every municipality near me. 

While the financing and small entry price sound great, you are locked into their ecosystem with very little control.

[Redfin]TP: Personal opinion: rent controls and/or big first-time buyer grants are not the answer.

The tenants have no control over how long the actual processing takes between the banks.

Just take what they have taught you to date and put your own team together dont rely on these companies that say they will plug you into their network.. it does not work that way. there is only so many contractors and so many props and jobs to get done. you need full control of your OWN team. 

meets just south of down town Atl).   

I still need to learn to control my emotions better. 

We're able to crank out mods regardless of weather, have all of our inspections scheduled like clockwork, and control the timing of production with the site work. 

As well as Sellers simply are not informed of the risk of devastating impacts to their credit scores and what equity they may have had in the property if the transaction fails.For a well capitalized Investor and or company and a fully informed seller these can be structured as you note with a Wrap that keeps the seller with  some control or ability to get the property back.