At this point, I would recommend having a line of credit to cover these things so you don't have money sitting in the bank doing nothing when it could be put to work.I have 33 units, no debt except for mortgages, and excellent income.

I am looking for any tips on how to navigate this process with as little risk as possible.

There is a lot of risk and would hate to see you get in a bad situation.There are exceptions to this but not many at the current moment. 

@Demitri Blanco, like most markets, sourcing and acquiring a cash-flow or break-even turnkey LTR or small multifamily property in metro Atlanta will be tricky unless you intend to put down 30%—40%.

But it's tougher for STRs now, so anyone wanting their piece of the pie needs to bring their A game. so a few things. 4 of your 5 hero pictures are of your kitchen, you might want to mix it up there. you have some patio furniture, but that's it for your backyard. put in something for people to envision with that backyard?

She was told by our local power company, PPL, that our meter base needed to be upgraded, THEN they could put her meter in (there was no meter in her unit because the previous tenant moved and it has been unoccupied for a few months).

If you just don't want to pay him upfront, ask if he can put in the order and you can pay for it.

I have been binge watching YouTube videos, in particular those put out by three particular companies.

The restriction on rentals that they put up for a vote would have been steep and abrupt: no grandfathering current owners, no gradual phase-in, nothing to mitigate what would have been a great deal of forced investment-home sales in what would have been fairly brief period of time.

I aim to have it show the impact of K1 losses if the syndication offers it, and that tool is helpful because some of the comparisons will show a real estate syndication vs mortgage notes or debt funds that may not offer the same tax advantages/losses.I've included some of the criteria I was putting on the Excel calculation below.