When he vacated the property and returned to his home state, he left under hostile circumstances and left significant damage at the house.

We have good success with STR and MTR, lots of Universities here, 2 Air Force Bases, Air War College, Space Force, 3 hospitals, Amazon distribution center, Meta data facility, Hyundai manufacturing, 2nd lowest taxes in the nation.

Tenant damages for unpaid rent, etc...can be sought in small claims court.I am not seeing lower rents...stable & slightly higher, within normal ranges post pandemic.Norbert Huston

@Connor Thomas see our cut & paste knowledge below:------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a Class A property in Class D area, what quality of tenant will you get?

The areas probed still seemed solid, but be aware that some types of wood destroying fungal damage will only be detectable once the wood has properly dried out.

I email or text them once again to let them know in writing when I will be filing a forcible entry and detainer (eviction) action and let them know that time is short but they can still avoid the consequences of a damaging eviction filing.

Looking into the north Georgia mountain area and found an article posted mentioning restricting air bnb’s in the area.

I’m worried they won’t leave or damage the property.

. - Evidence of water damage in the basement. 

A tenant can do $20k of damage pretty quickly and skip town never to be found again, if you aren't careful.