My two cents are as follows...we were tasked by Progress Residential to source and acquire homes for their portfolio in Atlanta but initially they did not want us to manage their homes for the reason mentioned...potential conflict of interest...after about 6 months using other managers with poor results, they came to us and asked us to manage given the fact that they were so pleased with the way we professionally approached the acquisition process. 

CoStar is a good source for most research pertaining to Commercial Real Estate.

Wells usually require a 100 to 200 foot setback from all sewer and other sources of pollution. 

If he doesn't want to bind you on other properties, we have a "Non-Exclusive Buyer Broker Agreement" that does not require you to pay the agent if you source a property somewhere else. 

Our biggest selling point to go for an ADU was that we would be able to Airbnb it.

We are not opposed to doing some fix and flips but my biggest fear right now with starting out is purchasing a bad deal because we don’t know how to accurately estimate rehab costs.

If Atlanta quits creating jobs, then the apartment market will crash.A huge surge in fuel prices would probably have the biggest impact on GA.  

Here is Erie county, as of May 2018, it is illegal to discriminate based on source of income which includes section 8.

The proximity to McDowell Rd. was their biggest concern since that is kind of a boundary where home values drop and crime increases.

One of the biggest drains on a portfolio are vacancies and turnovers.