Hi Shelly, I'm here in the Metro Atlanta area working as a agent/investor and I'm familiar all those counties.

Quote from @Braeden Warg: The right way to do it is to contact the city and ask them.

Quote from @Jaycee Greene: Quote from @William Taylor: Hey there BiggerPockets members, I'm an upcoming agent practicing running numbers on different duplexes and investment properties I'm seeing on the market, here to share another report I'm working on for feedback.

Realtors typically pre-screen rental clients to make sure their time is not going to be wasted.

I have purchased the following books:ABCs of Buying Rental Property The ABCs of Property Management The ABCs of Real Estate Investing The Advanced Guide to Real Estate InvestingThe Book on Investing in Real Estate with No (and Low) Money DownWhat order do you recommend reading them in?

.: Here's a good guide with links to the law: https://www.tenantresourcecenter.org/earnest_moneyIf you charge $25 and the credit screening costs $10, you can keep the $10 as income.

Nothing an investor wants to read but I've always felt that being optimistically realistic is better than being silent. 

But I guess to answer your question, I find people who are going to foreclosure.

Read my book, Brandon's book, or Every Landlord's Legal Guide by NOLO and learn how to proactively manage your property well. 

Has anyone here been successful in permitting a conversion?