Because Atlanta is so big , to me, moving to the area seems like it would produce the information that you need on the neighborhoods within the various counties as well as letting you get to know what the local neighborhood people value for a rental. 

If/when tenant does decide to buy it, lets say the total sum between rent credits and purchase option payment was $8,000, you can either take $8,000 off the purchase price or as i would prefer, keep the purchase price but produce a receipt as if the tenant already gave you $8,000 in EMD toward the purchase price so it would count as part of their down payment and make it more manageable for the tenant financially to execute the purchase.

This way you can have some real estate that produces appreciation (your house hack) and diversify in a more cashflow oriented market

It will be a top income producer for you forever as long as you remain strict, competent and ruthless with your tenant screening. 

Have you considered ways to increase the rent so it actually produces a cash flow return?

It seems like most all popular screening services like Mysmartmove, Rentspree, etc use the Transunion "resident score" instead of producing actual FICO credit scores for tenants.

Tried out this app called Remini that produces AI generated headshots as well as enhancing someones existing photos.

It will produce an opportunity to reset the park the way you should want it to be done. 

I see a lot of jobs that I could get with a real estate license other than just working as an agent under a brokerage - such as: transaction coordinator, assistant to a high producing agent, etc.

This far its produced three that we work and invest with.