We sketched a graph that was kind of the groundwork for us evaluating trade-offs for selling vs renting.  

Others can probably help more, but in my opinion to find a good section of multi families in Atlanta you would have to do the groundwork and drive around since this isn't a city that has a lot of them.

I’m laying the groundwork for an RV and casita village right now in east texas 

My advice would be not to wait until you need access to credit to ensure you have access to credit.A practice we have added to our operations in the past couple of years is to have a quarterly/semi-annual tête à tête with our lenders to review our portfolio, update them on our operations and {acquisition} planning and lay the groundwork for any forthcoming access to new/additional credit facilities. 

I’m also relatively new to the area and doing ground work now to make a first multifamily purchase.

The hardest part of managing a STR is the boots on ground work and how are you going to find someone to trust to do the work - when it needs to be done & done correctly - if you are not there to vet people constantly? 

Hi Brandon I'm in Northern Michigan feel free to reach out if you need any boots on the ground work done within about a 1-hour radius of Traverse City Michigan!!

Because it's  2 hours away, I can't "drive for dollars" or put in much "boots on the ground" work, but am interested in finding a good deal, and would love to hear if anyone has any advice for off-market searching in Rutland, or knows a wholesaler there. 

SUV to do the same thing (get from point A to point B) that the footmobile or a 50 lb bike allows one to do.Almost all automakers had no problems selling these profit machines, along with NO intention of a fuel efficient alternative.This addiction if further fueled by the oil companies who are basically the "Wal-Mart" of energy; if they get 50M drivers to buy "acceptable" gas at $3/gallon, then they make a small (relative) profit on a high volume of consumption.Couple that with the groundwork the automakers laid many years ago by essentially killing anything that resembled a halfway decent public transportation system, and here we are today.2.

This will help me start laying the groundwork for the exchange now.