Yet inspite the problems Athens has, there has been lot of investing.

But I'm amazed at how positive you look at it in spite of it.

Years ago the county was much more lenient and approved their construction in spite of the fact that it's multi family.

Point being: acknowledge the challenge, and then acknowledge how you will still be able to make it work in spite of the challenge.All the best!

In spite of their blunders they insisted on the early termination fee.I recently switched my PM in Jacksonville, FL also.

However, in spite of math that appears to prove otherwise, I will continue to steadily buy a property or two every year, and will likely continue to cash flow by "cheating" and performing extraordinarily high paying work myself, with a large amount of cash saved up from frugal living in the bank.

You'd be throwing more good money at bad causes just in spite.

I don't think I can get this place Brrrrd unfortunately, for the fact that we don't show good income for the last couple of years, in spite of excellent credit score and easily sustainable rental. 

In spite of this rigorous process, you can still end up with bad PMs, have to try others until you get a good one, self-manage or quit the direct investing and invest passively in others deals.  

Not dogs, not cats, not iquanas, not snakes...In spite of the fact I have run into numerous pets with bad attitudes or manners, I have NEVER met a pet owner that was aware of those traits.First off, you MUST check your local landlord and tenant codes.