@Kazumi Boyd it’s not a bad time to buy per se, but in high cost locations you have unrealistic sellers that truly make it an affordability issue.

Here's a map showing where these rentals are allowed: Vacation Rentals Allowed MapHomestay Rental - Lastly, there is the option of a "Homestay Rental," but these are unrealistic for most investors.

It’s also likely that their expectations are unrealistic.

No - because I didn't have unrealistic expectations to begin with.

(No offense to BT but the fact is that in most of these webinars the rehab part of the business, which to me is the hardest one, is completely overlooked or touched slightly, setting up the unrealistic expectation for the newbies).

There will be a bunch that will just pull your chain or have unrealistic expectations of sales price.  

@Nicholas Pisano real estate investing is a long-term game, not overnight.Have seen many newbies jump in a buy several properties, then when things don't go according to their unrealistic plans, freak out and sell at a loss.A past client is doing that right now - they bought 5 properties from a high-pressure agent, hired us, micro-managed us to try to meet their unrealistic expectations, terminated us and hire another PMC to "save" their portfolio and went that didn't work out, are now selling 3 at a loss. 

I had some room to wiggle but I think they have unrealistic expectations. 

Could be unrealistic but it's working so far. 

Reading between the lines of your message, it sounds like you may have unrealistic expectations for the condition of vacant Atlanta properties that are sold for unpaid taxes.