It needed a lot of work and after debating, I decided to rent it aside from flip it. 

Be careful what you put in writing,a lawyer can use it against you in a court of law.The tenant is within his legal rights to demand a receipt for rent paid and the reason is not up for debate by anyone.You must furnish a receipt within a certain time period established by your local state law.You can furnish it electronically,US Post Office mail,or in person.Also,that statement regarding possibly moving into the apartment might been seen by a judge as illegal harassment of a paying tenant.You seriously should seek legal advice from a competent attorney and let them write responses to your tenants with the correct legal language.

Thanks for the Baltimore data.To answer your question, the reason I'm debating between theses markets is because I live abroad and the most important thing for me in choosing a market is the people I can work with on the ground.I have family in Atlanta that can help me and I really think it's a good and stable market, my only problem with it is that the prices are a bit high for me and I'll probably need to do an all cash deal for my first property (problematic to get funding for an out of country investor).For Detroit and Baltimore I have a few contacts referred to me by people I trust that can help me get the work done on the ground.

Debating if I should focus on the burbs. 5.

Forms of this debate frequently re-occur around these forums. 

I’m debating whether to prioritize buying a rental property versus investing in the vehicles you mentioned, or just going in 50/50.

Lol I don’t want to turn this into a Tech debate or stack overflow or something but Comp engineering is a mix of Comp science(software side) and electrical engineering.

Like you, we debated whether to rent or buy with our move.

Hopefully that person will be removed soon.well its one thing to have difference of opinions on BP and spirited debates that are tasteful.. its another to post like this..

I do have access to 60k plus some more private money if needed for a deal.My internal debate is that im feeling quite spread thin between holding a contsrtuction job, learning how to be an agent (and get that business going), as well as attempting to purchase a fix and flip(s) in order to buy and hold.