Hi Rebelleader,
I will ask my number one question. What do you want to do with your tank? Do you like to build, model, paint, drive RCs, fiddle with motors or electronics, play with other RC tankers or get into IR tank battles? Most of us here are into 1/16 scale (which is a very good size) and many started with Heng Long "airsoft" tanks. The luckier and more wealthy started with Tamiya IR battletanks. There are many RC tankers in the Peach state. Will, Marty and Eric are in the greater Atlanta part of the state. There was a rc tank cub in GA but it has been dormant for a few years now. Cruise the various threads here and see what strikes you fancy. Large scale, 1/10 or bigger is big bucks so I hope you have deep pockets and long arms to match them. Here is a link ot my youtube channel showing my idea of RC tank fun..... YMMV Enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/user/thecommandernj