I have been fortunate enough to acquire several properties over the last few years. 

Fortunately, the additional income STR has provided the numbers still work! 

Fortunately, I use a marketing strategy that last year allowed me to sell direct to buyers over 65% of the time, so I got to keep more of my money and had a much smoother transaction. 

Fortunately, since we're talking Georgia, it's also landlord- and lender-friendly.But here's a better question: WHY is your agent recommending condos?

But if you figure out how to hire a good sub 80% of the time you could make a fortune on classes.

One word can change your fortunes. 

These results were due to good fortune in finding and negotiating a good deal and locking in a low rate early enough to keep my monthly payments as low as possible.

You could promote it as having a 70's reto look and not spend a fortune in updating things.  

Finding the deal, working with the contractors on the renovation process, reselling the property on the open market with the brokerage, paying taxes on your newly found fortune - all of this sounds like a pain in the rear to have to deal with over and over again. 

@Romeo SisonYou are very fortunate to live in one of the few states that does not require a resident state income tax.