As a resident of New York for many years I will, with enormous difficulty and restraint, refrain from making any comments about the Highway State here.Now to some more of the helpful part:I am reasonably certain the landlord's post-contract stipulation is, as you are certain, illegal.

Being out of state, my knowledge of Atlanta is quite limited, and I'm hoping to get a better sense of the neighborhoods.Are there any good neighborhood guides to Atlanta or other resources that show crime rate, population growth, home values, etc of various cities and towns nearby?

I'm already doing this the hard way, painstakingly combing through city by city, town by town, looking at gross metrics and trying to dig in.

Understanding it is a difficult market (Miami) to begin a real estate investing journey considering inflated housing prices, it’s where I currently work and I’m quite passionate about the city.

We have owners/investors from California, Texas, New Jersey, New York, and Washington (to name a few).

Some cities have local ordinances that require interest to be paid, but even then it’s usually a low fixed amount.

Would you guys agree that in places like Pearland, Katy, League City, and Texas City the vacancy rate is still 13%?

It is literally sitting on the edge of a small city (The Dalles, OR) and if city limits EVER expand, the property will quickly double or more in value. 

As one of the larger multi-family lenders in the city, a great deal of my clients are 2-4unit buyers/owners....many of them being primary residence purchases taking the "house-hacking" angle. 

The city will fine you if your lawn grows out of hand.