Start doing the research now to find someone great.If you can reasonably BRRRR this property use the capital here so you can lock down the deal and get it moving.

We are submitting a bunch if offers right now to lock in a second project before the months out.

It certainly  always is advisable to exercise basic safety precautions, such as keep windows locked up at night  and when you leave the house, getting dead-bolts installed and using them, etc.  

And the squatter had done this multiple times.A former boss explained to me, that locks are to keep honest people, honest.

A good lock-box, perhaps with internet connectivity / a slick app to check on who is coming in/out.  

If you can install yourself, I've used floorstoyourhome.com and got click-lock vinyl plank as low at 1.22/sq ft including shipping on sale.

I’ll target southwest Atlanta, but I’d love to lock in some properties in the northern counties.

I'd like to lock the door in between upstairs and downstairs and rent out the downstairs unit and main floor unit separately to 2 separate tenants.The house is not zoned as multifamily, it's zoned one SFR per 7200 of lot space and I'm 9000 something.Do you think I will run into trouble with City or County? 

@Hunter Locke that's a damn good idea

If nobody lives in the house there will be a smell as well from it being locked up.Sorry to tell you this, but your house also has an unpleasant smell to it, just like anybody elses.