I only sold a few amount of properties but the values of the homes have increased.The government is making less affordable homes(Impacts supply)A lot of the points you suggested such as selling costs and having to rehab the property before sale apply to both cheap homes and expensive homes

Section 8 comes with guaranteed rent payments straight from the government, which is a huge perk.

There are banks that do non-recourse loans to IRA's, a simple google search should render you some results. 2) If you are still working for the government, you likely can't rollover the TSP to an IRA. 3) When borrowing money with the IRA, you do have a special tax, called UBIT, not a deal breaker, but something to be aware of. 

Given this is the 21st century with internet & AI, you'd think the state governments would create an easier way to track all this!

One thing to watch out for is that Atlanta has significant short-term rental restrictions in place, and while Buckhead is trying to secede from the city of Atlanta's governance, it has not been successful in doing so. 

@Berna Geylani, you have just learned how the government works or rather fails to work well.

It just seemed like a good strategy since these were government backed rental payments

Certainly not afraid of it -- the government red tape is Partly a question and difficulty removing a bad tenant is probably he biggest downside - that goes for any property though.   

I am filing a suit in Orange County Superior Court and along with reporting to following government entity.

Totally agree, they are terrible.I will be reporting them to the governing department.Feel free to reach out and compare notes.