Beyond that, I'd eventually like to own 6+ unit complexes (especially the types with retail on the ground floor in areas with heavy foot traffic, I've always loved that concept). 

Being from Atlanta, I highly recommend East Cobb County and Cherokee County due to their great schools and low crime.Fulton and Dekalb don't have well known schools, they have high crime rates, loaded with horrendous traffic and much higher taxes than Cobb and Cherokee.Hope that helps!

My plan is to turn it into a commercial building and rent out as an office being that it is on a main street with tons of traffic.

GE OIL AND GAS, SAFT INTERNATIONAL, CECIL COMMERCE CENTER AIR FIELD and SPACE PORT, CECIL EQUESTRIAN CENTER, many new subdivisions both east and west of this location, A new road to divert traffic from south west commuters travelling east has already been built.

It is more than possible to commute to the university without using a car, in fact, due to pretty horrendous rush hour traffic, I would strongly advise against trying to regularly commute via car.Do not limit yourself to searching only for 4-plexes, consider purchasing a large house with multiple bedrooms and renting those out as well.I live on Beacon Hill which is no longer reasonably priced, but I am happy to answer any questions you have about Seattle.

As you are from the area, what do you think of the distance and traffic issue?

A land's value is more about traffic counts,site development costs,utility hookups,topography,zoning,soil analysis,etc. then asking price.

I am 25 years old and a Traffic Engineer located in the Mechancisburg area.  

Due to the pandemic, I'd like to try renting the units virtually, which would mean posting videos on the sites where I advertise and giving the current tenants the option to give virtual tours over Zoom, if they want to minimize the foot traffic through their living space. 

Charlotte is certainly a nice city that provides all the benefits of a big city without some of the downsides such as terrible traffic and super expensive living costs.