A lot of people prefer to rent where they can have room to stretch their legs rather than right in town, and the rents are close.

I'm in the Athens area so Atlanta is a bit of a stretch to me, but I'd love to attend some meetings to listen/learn from others if anyone can point me in the right direction - especially the Athens area, as any "groups" I've found are no longer very active.

The house had a crack all the way on one side of the house - stretching from living room, dining, kitchen and bedroom.

You don't have to go overboard and replace things before they break, but an old roof is the last thing you want to stretch nearly a decade past being told it needs to be replaced. 

Does it make sense, or a stretch?

In order to get positive cash flow, I'd have to stretch the rent amount just to break even.Another financing option would be to re-fi the condo again, basically re-finance remaining $66,000 amount with 20% down @ 5% on a 30-yr fixed:Rent Summary: I'd have to re-fi & put 20% down in order to have good CoC return (down payment + improvements + agent fee + closing costs), as well as a positive, somewhat plausible cash flow.

It's not too much of a stretch to think this will increase the demand for housing just south of the border. 

It doesn't require a huge stretch of imagination to see the temptation.

Ok so here's a random thought that one of my kids (grown) put in my head  a few days ago.My kids know a lot of people, young, raising a family, stretched to meet their own mortgage payments, etc. 

Denton County is usually their stretch area and I typically go local on trade work.