What's important here is the blue line in relation to all this. 

In many cases when shopping class C/B there is a fine line in distinguishing between a flat out bad deal and early gentrification.I look at ABCD resident classes and describe them by the shirts they wear:A Class: White collar professionals just one step away from home ownership, demand for high amenitiesB Class: Blue collar hard working American Families, proud of their home, keep it clean, may rent for long time before buyingC Class: T-Shirts with Subsidies and Section 8 residents can be profitable but usually require higher maintenance and tenant "da-rah-mah"D Class: NO SHIRTS drinking 40's out of paper bags on the front stoop, get fitted for kevlar or RUN!!!! 

I live and operate as an agent for investors in North Georgia (Blue Ridge) and am seeing it get more and more competitive here because of how desirable it is.

@Andy Chen, from clean whites and pleasing neutrals to cool blues and vibrant reds, exterior paint colors are your home's calling card to the world.

Its in a medium to upperclass part of town and is guaranteed to be able to rent to a blue collar family for ~1300 and bring in cash flow.

My thought was that would be a great starting point for a rental amount I could expect from a policeman/teacher/blue-collar trending upward kind of tenant. 

As for the credit card, I just started using the AMEX Blue card which is 2% back on everything.

2 negatives here....1) not keeping your rents close to market where they should be anyway, 2) doing business in a Blue state/County where they're more likely to do crap like this....

Tim suggested in a another thread, to send all those in favor of universal health care to the blue counties.

Ultimately I want to do this to allow my brother to quit his blue collar job and do this with me full time.