A developer did buy it and is now planning on a meat market/gas station at that location. 

@Dan Heuschele: My plan is to have a long time horizon for my real estate investments.

The seller has already all the plans approved.

Watching BP videos, reading, studying, we need a better plan.

My plan is to paint over it to make it look nice and move on.

They didn’t go as strict as they threatened, at least not yet…https://www.atlantaga.gov/government/departments/city-planni...2 properties maximum and the first one must be  your primary home… so be prepared to move there and pay state income taxes  https://www.atlantaga.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/54610/6...you and your landlord will have to get this form notarized.Please just make sure you have a plan to keep making rent payments after your short term rental plans are banned.  

If it's reaching maturity and you are planning to keep the property longer, maybe you will need to look for a longer term.

We plan to take out a wall and add an island to open the kitchen up, take the carpet out of the bathrooms, replace most of the flooring, finish the 4th bedroom and the rest of the basement, and various other minor updates.

Maybe spend the next year coming up with a very specific plan of action on what you want to invest in and where and how you're going to do it and then work towards the goals.

Since I often travel overseas and spend a good amount of time out of US for my job assignment, I never thought it's an option for me.