:-/Ideally, I'd love to use the county public record as the initial basis, as that would be the highest number, resulting in the highest depreciation deduction.What's the correct thing to do here?

Everything is in good condition, they just don't want to be landlords anymore and would like the best price they can get for their house, ideally without having to put it on the market from out of state.After recently reading @Brandon Turner's "Investing With No/Low Money Down," I got the idea for a lease option, and would very much appreciate any feedback, insight and thoughts!

I would like to make that more of a priority in my life and as such my investment strategies should allow me to work from anywhere in the world.In terms of why I joined Bigger Pockets, I feel it is a great resource to network and develop connections as well as an awesome educational platform.

Try  to make your messages more personalized, as suggested above.I believe this is a bug, and I'm going to connect with you  privately  to get more details so our developers can fix this.Thank you!

If anybody would like to give me a new route, New suggestions, New ideals any mentors that would like to help me connect the dots in the Atlanta area feel free to comment... 

Welcome @John JacobsI have been doing exactly rental/development and BRRRR, mostly in Berkeley and Oakland.

Ideally, as you progress as an investor, you will qualify based on your tax returns.

We will be making an effort to develop our website more so that applicants can see what we're looking for and help streamline the communications back and forth, but this is the first time that that need has become apparent.Thank you for your input and advice.

Still surprising to see the increase of inventory with all these developing houses but not seeing much job growth which kind of draws a blank.. 

The Milwaukee region has done what many urban areas have done, which is develop the suburbs while the urban core erodes.