Above all, if you decide to remain in Boston for the next several months but decide on Atlanta as an investment market, you should ideally visit the respective markets several times before making a purchase.

Buyers are still out there.Are you marketing and pricing your properties effectively to attract Buyers?

I'm a Broker / Realtor & Property Manager in the Metro Detroit market (Michigan) and have connections with lenders, wholesalers...you name it!

It will be very difficult to do that in a location other than your market.

At 4.5 stars, you are really hurting in a very competitive market so you might consider redoing the pics, more themed kids bedrooms and start over.

One thing to consider is PM options and being limited to who you can use and how they market the property.

Also, appraisals are valuations at a point in time, and commercial markets can change rapidly.  

After you look into markets that can cash flow at the 7.5-8% rate. 

Quote from @Elliot Juarez: The city is expensive, but the are smaller markets that make good sense.

Where I lived in Western Ohio the housing market has been in Recession or Recovery for 30 years with no end in sight.