Have cash, but foreign business owner- Atlanta GA -no US history

[Tim De Visser]

Hi Everyone! I'm Tim and I found BiggerPockets through YouTube, binged that, signed up - now debating to get paid membership and see what the community has to offer. 

Long story short: our business has been exporting to the USA successfully since 2019, finally bit the bullet last year and decided to invest in a full US location and team, landing in Atlanta GA wrt easy flight and sea access and relatively affordable big metro area. 

My goals and questions are:

To grow my network
Work through the buy vs. rent discussion for two projects, 
1. Our workshop - now pay $7k in rent per month ought get me a nice (and bigger!) property if I'd pay 7k as a mortgage payment but - no US history so how to approach this? 
2. Privately - Do we permanently airbnb and short-term rental when we are in the states, or do I buy stg and househack/AirBnB it while in Europe? What makes sense and how do I figure that out. Also HELP US taxes are a whole new beast!

If anyone has tips, wants to just say hi or recommended places to start in the mountain of content on this site I'd much appreciate it!
Looking forward to meet you all.