Find a reliable team, offer fair pay, and keep them motivated to stick with you for future projects.That’s what I have off the top of my head.

Most on-market deals will likely not fit your investment criteria unless you allocate a substantial downpayment, often at least 30%-35%, or negotiate a price reduction that fits your requirements.Furthermore, while this is not the case for all metro ATL markets, my team and I typically see that a solid portion of the small multifamily space is comprised/orientated in neighborhoods of other small multifamily properties.

Some lenders have internal teams that do these valuations and use a 3rd party to collect the data.  

Additionally, I'm working with the RE Ally Property management team, who was able to find a tenant to rent at slightly above market rates without any vacancy.

Building a solid team is another crucial factor.

As I look into the market and start to build a team I had a few questions:1)  How difficult is it to get and keep a rental license OOS?

The last two hours were with the legal team at MR and they confirmed there can be no other up front charges beyond the one month’s rent cap.

We have 8 business entities availing of their services, and as "advisors", they should make business life easier -- not add more work on your plate --- but instead, my team and I have been checking for mistakes, or following up on action items, missed deadlines, and paying penalties to the IRS and Secretaries of State due to their negligence.

@Jacob Dalton, I'm going to have to agree with Jonathan Klemm (sorry, couldn't tag you) & @Brie Schmidt -- you can definitely be a successful landlord in Chicago with the right team in place.  1000's of investors do it every day. 

I started bringing donuts for their team when I would stop by to get keys from them.While this anecdote has more to do with client retention than acquisition, I still find it interesting.