hello so I’ve been wanting to attend a meet up but unfortunately there no groups near by.

I had a second home nearby and my neighbor there was an independent/public adjuster so I'm aware of the business.

Is my opinion to buy something nearby rather than far away.

The house is near a rehab center and was being slowly updated by a couple guys after they came out of the rehab center but were staying nearby for support.

I will also be targeting vacation rentals, nearby the nation's most popular national forests.

I've become interested in the area because my company has operations nearby. 

Theft, age, hazards in the nearby area, etc.

You can roll the cash flow back into the properties to build equity or stockpile to buy your next deal (BTW....you can do both, pay down the loans in order to build equity to be able to borrow for your next deal!).

The nearby City sewer does not go out this far so I wouldnt be able to hookup to municipal water/sewer.Town is population 4000 and closest major city is Macon, GA.

Fortunately, the park of interest has already checked off several of the boxes you've mentioned: lot rents are well below double nearby apartment rents, vacancy in the zip code (<2%) and county (<5%) are strong, and nearby parks have comparable to much higher lot rents.