In my experience, the larger properties pre-lease earlier (5+ BRs) than the smaller properties.This student rental thread may be helpful: Nearing 1,000 College Tenants - Here's What I've Learned

anyone buying or have experience investing in Riverdale, GA ?

It's good to know you had good experiences.

I have no experience in real estate investing and don't want to waste my time in something and then end up somewhere else down the road and realize I should have started there.  

In my limited experience with HML, it was something like 2% loan fee and 12% interest on the FULL balance.  

Hey Justin,I'm from CA and I have been in MS for a few years now, but my husband is a MS native.We are a family owned Property Management Company and we have plenty of experience with owners and investors.I have some ideas that you may be interested in, and I would love to know more about your opportunity to provide some insight.

Since you're new to real estate (according to the title), you really don't have anything to base it on other than your own personal experiences staying elsewhere.

Hey William, what about adding another partner that has experience doing larger deals? 

Has anyone had any experience with this company?.

In my experience, a garage ADU can still be profitable with long-term rentals, but you'll need to crunch the numbers carefully.