Most of the homes selling for bargain prices now are in the Adamsville/Bolton Rd areas or way down in 30315 near Dekalb county...the two most outermost corners of the city and of course, those homes are in terrible shape quality wise.Not much of a super statistical analysis, but using the eye test, inventory is way down and the homes available are not really attractive (with or without renovations).

Can you test the waters first by trying to sell it now and plan B would be to flip?

Regardless of where it’s located I would test for Meth use if you move forward with the purchase. 

Usually they test you like children, even the good ones.

I stress test all of my deals to make sure they can still hit my target returns based on the assessment calculator the assessor uses. 

This is way more effective than trying to memorize the entire book on your own (note: the state administers the test so the instructor won't know exactly what's on the test, but I'd say he was pretty accurate in pointing out what was eventually on it. 

This will test your patience because of banks take their time as well.

Test this by typing any address you like into Google and look at the top pages that come up. 

A good test is to ask how many flood policies they have if under 700 then they likely don't know all the in/outs of flood insurance. 

Not sure if you’ve test driven any of the vehicles you’re interested in, but doing so may take a couple off your potential list.A 3/4 ton truck is probably overkill for what you need.