It is hard to paint an accurate picture of ones industry when it is putting food on the table. 

Some food for thought.Kudos to you again, keep us updated on how you progress.

Most of the cash-on-cash returns I'm seeing when calculating even modest management fees and repair/reserve stowaways seem to be consistently in the 4-6% range for COC, and that's assuming no big surprise expenses that affect cashflow. 3b) Even 50 miles outside of Atlanta like Dawsonville, Cumming, Matt areas are expensive for a modest home in areas that have room to grow and don't suffer from being a food desert (you know what areas of the city and metro area I'm talking about).

If my property burns down, the Loss of Use line item on my insurance would cover lost rent.

From your list it sounds like your research is starting to come together into action items.

Is it normal for a contractor to charge $150 fee to inspect a property in order to give a bid/line item estimate?  

If they are fighting you on this minor item that should be standard practice, I would assume they will be a nightmare tenant and will be difficult in most scenarios.

The running stream in the atrium was a bucket list item for us.

In either scenario, you'd get low payment/zero interest payments that could be restructured whenever you like.All just food for thought.

Missing deadlines (I had an unrepped buyer miss their inspection deadline then ask for a bunch of inspection item concessions after it had passed.