Some of my larger homes are experiencing more guests than we can sleep. 

I think it will need to be sanded but we are not paying anyone for the job and are hoping to get by with puttying (larger holes only), then a pass or two with 100 grit, then poly.

I am considering buying a starter home for my family (around $300k), living in it for a year, and then renting it out while buying a larger home for our family, like a 5-bedroom in the high $400k to low $500k range.

I avoid the larger brokerages (generally). 

Being in a price point that typically caters to moderate earners, so affordable to their incomes, but also having a tenant base that is more likely a renter by necessity than choice (or the non-PC way of saying it: a tenant that can afford your rent without struggling, but can't afford to save up to buy a house).3.

Sometimes the service line can be inadequate Amanda a larger line bored in.

For example, some neighborhoods have much larger percentage of owners than investors, in which case SFH may be more desirable.

Larger apartment buildings tend to be more varied. 

do NOT take a long PPP right now unless you have no choice. will be VERY expensive in the future when you are stuck in a higher then market rate. 

Not a new house either but sitting on larger lot in Canton about 10 minutes from Woodstock.I have lived in GA all my life and have never seen anything like it for the growth.