Right now thinking to hold on to it for long term because of the location, equity should increase signficantly)3.

I sometimes do this at lease renewal time, offer them a choice of upgrade (of course this helps increase your property value AND make tenant happy.  

A third party handling my logistics adds another step in my planning and execution process, which increases my costs for the job.The worst thing that can happen to me on a job is to have people sitting around without materials... or with the wrong materials. 

Sometimes it was difficult to choose which topic I wanted to hear as there were so many great subjects to choose from.

The bank underwriter just needs to be able to justify such a huge increase in the purchase/sale price.

It is to encourage investors who have the cash to flip and increase the value of these neighborhoods.

This actually increases your risk, not decreases it.

Only the most desperate renters would probably agree to live there so the price of the property would have to be dirt cheap and cost you as little money as possible in the rehab to make it worth the effort.Your gambling that the surrounding area will be gentrified in the next few years and increase the property values.If this was in Southern California I would say yes absolutely but,the ATL may be a little harder to wait for unless the population booms there in the next 5 years.

Without the ability to prove at least some experience I would expect it to be difficult to find private investors of a deal that size.

My long term real estate goal is to purchase rental properties that cash flow and create passive income that I can use to roll back into my investments and increase my portfolio.