I'm looking for some benchmarks for figuring out how different areas in intown and near OP Atlanta are classified (A, B, C, D areas). 

You or  your account may wind up deciding how to classify an expenditure differently after you make is (ie: expense or capital expense)Yes you may accidentally mis-enter the "Class" or forget to enter it but you can run reports latter to quickly scan through as a double check.

@Chris Purvis,Try a classified ad in the good 'ole newspaper.  

StevenI love dogs but I classify them as S M L and trained or untrained. 

They should be classified as start up expenses except for your real estate courses unless you were already an agent.

I don't consider myself even close to being a guru, however I do promote and favor Sub2 investing..I hope I wasn't just classified as a low life scammer?

Conventional will allow for as many as 10 financed properties at once, and if classified as investment (or primary when it’s 2-4 units) the lender can count projected rent to help you qualify.

Maybe the premium has to do with how the property is classified by the insurer.

Zillow will show pre-foreclosures marked as blue homes on a map, and I know the classifieds post the legals for the pre-foreclosures and ones going to auction.It's a start.

What percentage of the tenants you have had would you classify as "bad?"