Newbie from Jonesboro, GA

[Marlene Michael]

Hi everyone! My name is Marlene, and I am a new investor. I currently live in Jonesboro, GA which is approx. 20 minutes south of Atlanta. My family and I moved to GA from NY, and have resided here for almost 10 years. I am a teacher by trade, but decided to take some time off with my children, so this is the perfect time to pursue my passion of real estate!! My hubby Paul and I moved here with 2 little ones, and now we have six, so I really need to be successful in this field to pay for all of their college tuitions!

We currently own one rental property which is our former home, but I plan to own no less than six rental properties (preferably small multi-family units)  in addition to the one we currently own, which is "under water".  I enjoy the rehab process, and look forward to purchasing and rehabbing distressed properties to flip and/or hold. I am really interested in wholesaling as well, but my lack of knowledge on the subject makes me uncomfortable. Hopefully I can learn from you all, and add that to my success plan as well.

I look forward to learning from, and sharing with all of you. Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated.