Down the street, units go stark naked.If I had a laundry room, I would.Think: your rental is COMPETING with  every other in the area with like sqft and amenities. 

I found out as much as I could about the city, the neighborhood, the street and then about the specific house.

@Rick Baggenstoss Great guess and yes, it's a rather "unique" small street.

Personally, I would also stay west of 8th street/Beltline Rd.  

However sometimes the front yard is determined by the block face (least setback on the street), so if it is in an older neighborhood, you could probably bring the building up closer than the typical 25 feet if the code allows. 

She has a smallish house += 1500 SF, she thinks is unrestricted (I am checking on that) but it's on Columbia (great street...)Any thoughts?

.:-)This is a 11-unit multifamily in a quiet residential area, across the street is a cemetery.  9 are 1 bed 1 bath (8 is currently rented with $550/month), 2 needs to be converted to 1 bed 1 bath (not ready for rent yet).  

The only thing separating me from the other houses on the same street is a little smoker's balcony.  

I would say about 40% of housing in neighborhood has off street parking attracts very good tenants.

Being relatively new landlords (nowadays I'd say "see you when the sun comes up") I dragged Bill out of bed...in January...in a cold winter rain (we're in Georgia) to go trooping over to the house to be able to do...absolutely nothing in regards to a plumbing leak except shut the hot water heater down and turn the water off at the street (tenants were "worried" their water bill would be sky high from a leak) and leave five gallons of water for the tenants (which they never used).