I'm interested in the Atlanta area, or any suburbs nearby.

I have found working with appraisers to be the biggest wild card, glad there are some investor friendly folks like yourself near by. :)

Ideally I would love to invest nearby, but OOS seems more realistic. 

That way if you need to go visit the property it’s not a huge hassle and since it’s nearby you can compare it to the market you live in and pull in some very relevant data into your analysis. 

Check to see if there are grocery stores nearby, restaurants, etc.

We have 4 good groups nearby, all meeting at different weeks so one can hit them all in a given month. there is an easy calendar that keeps times and dates… message me for more info!

In my experience, if it does not require any "re-zoning", you wont need to formally inform nearby property owners. 

I don't think hipcamp or airbnb is necessarily the way to go on a property you don't actively manage (Live onsite or nearby, or have a property manager for). 

Rental price won't be as high as Orlando or other bigger nearby cities but is rising and I enjoy investing in lake county because the prices are still affordable for me and rent prices still provides a good cash on cash return at a decent cap rate if you invest right and run your numbers.

If a house is nearby the last thing you want to do is put an ad on CL looking for someone to do this for free.