Just think about the worst damage a tenant can cause, such being liable for setting your rental house on fire or burning down your rental house and the neighbor's house, etc.

As an investor-focused real estate agent, I can assure you that there are areas in Atlanta that can vary block by block.

Then deal with the cleaning.In my experience, short-term marijuana smoking hasn't caused any lasting damage.

Block your neighbours calls.

Foundations are endemic and you need to be very well-informed as to the neighborhoods. for out of state I concur with 39211  and some of 39206  the other zips are south jackson which can be very block to block and in my mind more appropriate for a local in the know investor like Susan..  39211 is a very nice mixture of owner occ and rentals where a fixed up home will retail and retail for a nice profit many times.. 

The reason I ask if it used to ascertain damage to something on the lot (water/sewer/utilities hookups or something) and you don't have pics and mutually signed documentation from the lessor/lessee upon each tenant's move in prior to your ownership, would you be able to justify a charge upon move out?

I'm looking for ideas on how to handle a potential bust cycle and prevent it from blocking my progress towards acquiring a second property.

You will have more bookings and less chance of damage/code enforcement calls with the smaller properties. 

I’m also having the termite damaged wood removed and replaced with new wood when I redo the back siding in the next 4 weeks.  

A slow leak has caused $2.5K damage to a rental property of mine.