If there were a few places in Atlanta that would fit as a good place to get started into house hacking, where would that be?

We don't know what we don't know at times and most of them will give you 5 minutes to determine if it's a good fit.

Calculator only favors 1 person in my experience... only way to be fair is price check the materials and look at labor numbers basically kinda gotta train yourself to be a gc calculate it on your own and shop gcs till one fits your #  

There are a few that are either "really close" of simply don't fit other criteria that we want (one example, a group looked quite promising, however when digging into the PPM / OM's we found that the whole thing was based in the Caymans... that's a great place to vacation, and I really liked the Caymans... however I don't want to have to figure out the legal structure of something that's not US based should I ever need to.... so, that's not one were invested in).Feel free to reach out privately - always willing to chat.

Our ability to swiftly secure and resell the property highlighted our expertise in maximizing value without extensive physical improvements.

Tenants are looking for parcels that fit in their ideal box size layout for building and parking spaces requirements with any drive thru's wanted.

I am physically working in NY. 

If your sale is something large enough to split then a transitional strategy of buying a modest NNN for cash and then leveraging on a single family home, or a DST to absorb your debt might be just the fit for you.

Because we do commercial construction in the area, we know from speaking with the P&Z that the most likely scenario for building here would be either single family homes (can fit approx. 6-7), duplexes (can fit 4 side by side units) or townhomes (can fit up to 11 with zero-lot lines).

Do some digging yourself and have conversations with several companies to see which one’s the best fit for you.