@Adam Blachnio, Profitability is subjective until you look back over time as to whether your strategy panned out. 

Yes, they can be a long process and at times they do not pan out.

@Karyn T In Atlanta, when I'm trying to find out more info on one of my old houses (courthouse in Atlanta burned down in 1920, so all the houses say that they're built in 1920 and that's all the info you get from the city), I can go to the Atlanta History Center.

I never posted this info because I had negative responses to even looking into such a purchase and wanted to see how it all panned out.

@Darren Sager  I found a frying pan completely melted on the burner.  

It turned out that the options that she was exploring outside of having to sell the house did not pan out, so she needed to sell the house now to fund moving her mother to a facility that she was now going with.

So get 10 short sales going and maybe one will pan out for you.

Time will tell if things pan out, but there is good reason to believe Dekalb should start to see at least some growth over the next 3-5 years.  

stay away from streets like Peter Pan and Snow White... as well...be leary of zips 32202/06/08/09 especially. 32222/44 is decent enough. 32210 has its good spots bordering 32073. 17/23/57/58/59  Mandarin NW St Johns, Switzerland, Julington Creek areas are all decent esp 58/59 if you have the $ to spend. 32221/ 32234 has its good spots in rural areas and some new construction.

It couldn’t be converted to a four-plex and the numbers didn’t pan out for a duplex.