Great lens to view the decision through.

A lot of them are designed to run on a big battery; check to see if it can just run from the charger all the time.One drawback is that it may only have a relatively wide-angle lens; as far as I know you can't usually swap lenses like you can with a "real" security camera.Wally World sells a few and the big local hunting / sporting goods store will have more.

Whether it's rented for two months or two years, it's a long-term rental.Depends on our lens. 

They are worse than amateur.Just google "professional real estate photos" to see what they're supposed to look like.If I were a prop mgr, I would be embarrassed to watermark those photos with my company name.If you don't have a wide angle lens dslr camera, at the very least get a wide angle attachment for your phone.Photos need to be slightly photoshopped to show the house in its best light. 

(I have been to Atlanta many times, but when you examine everything through the real estate lens, its completely different).  

I recently read a great article on Urbanophile that touches this issue (not from an individual investor standpoint, but a wider lens):http://www.urbanophile.com/2013/02/03/is-urbanism-...Many investors like to puff out their chests and talk about how they are helping their neighborhoods and I don't disagree with them, actually.

If you don't agree then post a unfocused picture of the house with your finger over half the lens for kicks and see what response you get and then report back.

If you havea) an attractive listing advertisement (many high-quality wide-lens photos, video tour, detailed description)b) advertised to the major listing platforms like Zillow/Trulia/Hotpads, Apartments.com, and Zumper/Facebookc) a professional manager demanding reasonable qualifications and lease terms and responding in a timely fashion to inquiries and setting up showingsand the place is still not leased, then your price is too high.

So they see request for variances through that lens.

With the CPI report released this morning and the uncertainty with inflation / market I just wanted to reassure the real estate investor community that we will get through this. Although rates are the highest we have ...