What other advice would you give someone preparing to apply for a heloc or home equity loan?  

And while that can be true with some homes now a days very few agents do anything but MLS as it auto populates to all the on line sites.

Look for areas with planned infrastructure improvements or new business development—these are signs of future growth.4.

Rehab to improve rent another story.

Any tips from those who have experienced the same anxiety?

If you have any tips on how to make it better, please include those as well.All feedback is greatly appreciated! 

Not in GA specifically but we here at biggerpockets have @Garrett Brown who is specifically here for STR questions and content, so if STR community and tips is what you're looking for I definitely recommend giving him a follow to keep up to date on what folks are saying about STRs on the BP forums!

Thinking about purchasing a large 4BR single family home near a university.

I have slowly worked on improving management to increase cash flow from $0 to ~$800/month currently.

I am having land cleared soon for either 4 single wide homes or 2 doublewide homes.