I'd like to keep the house for long-term appreciation since it's in a good school district and has low crime.

Gwinnett County has fantastic school systems so rental demand is strapping. 

Will some people invest, yes - but if you had two of the same products and one that was doing it the way it has been done for 100 years and one with the new technology for investing, the people with the $ typically will choose the old school way and not want to be caught up in the next FTX. 3.

What are the schools like? 

The Lakeland elementary school is actually in the development and it is either a 9 or 10 on Greatschools.com.  

I've walked in on Squatters, High school kids, former tenants, some rather angry Racoons, Stray Dogs and even one unhappy Deer.Even though I always knock, shout out throughout the house that I am there and who I am, try to keep an open escape route and continue to call out as I go.

this is old  tried and true method of simply having you pay them to get credit cards .. there is no need to pay for this service.. unless you want to of course.. there is no magic bullet ut there that is going to give you credit and financing unless you actually qualify for it.But zero interest credit cards are used by some to do rehab and then pay them off issue is though your fico score drops like a rock the second you take on all these CC.Also starting out there is zero chance of getting any kind of business line of Credit that is unsecured.

And once set, this shifts the focus to rinse and repeat, finding the next value-add potential and making magic happen again. 

If it is a larger house and the renter group is families consider that moving in the school year is less common.

My ideal property is a detached single-family distressed, 3/1 or 3/2 home in an A or B neighborhood with good schools, ideally in the $200K-$300K range.