The city provided a honor system of paying taxes on these rentable units and out of the thousands of homes that were given notice only one home/owner landlord complied.

"Your" assets need to be kept distant both from you(r personal possessions) and from each other to minimize losses in the event of a successful lawsuit.

If you want read a real eye-opening book about being a landlord in Massachusetts, read "Legal Tactics: Tenants Rights in Massachusetts" by Annette R.

Part of the article from windermere.com dated March 26, 2015:"Senators Dean Heller (R-Nev) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich) have introduced a bipartisan bill that would extend the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act through 2015 and all of 2016. 

We do not use the letter system for acquisitions at least here in the Chicago Market.

Our long term goals are to build a system and team that buys and holds single family, multi-family, and commercial properties for cash flow.

Also there is Atlanta specific BP not very active but its there .https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/647-atlanta-r...

Have you tried his system?

There will also have to be seasonal maintenance activities such as cleaning of the gutters, emptying water out of the sprinkler systems, etc. to eliminate some of the weather related issues. 

I always charge for shampooing because I have a professional system and I always do it on turnover.