BP Newbie from Atlanta, GA

[Jimmy Clark]

Hello BP community.  My name is Jimmy Clark and I am a Licensed Real Estate Agent here in Atlanta.  I moved here about 1 1/2 years ago from Maui, Hawaii in which I spent 10 years there.  Nope, I wasn't in the military, just ended up staying after I moved to help a friend start up a real estate publication.  I decided to move to Atlanta to pursue a real estate career, as well as be closer to my family.  We are all getting older and it just felt like the right time.  Atlanta seemed like a good choice, plenty of people and options in real estate.  I can tell you there are no 30K rehab houses in Maui!  The cheapest house in my neighborhood started at $350K, and that was about 1000SQFT of shack.

So I was able to have my Hawaii license reciprocated here in Georgia, and have been in the sales hustle since Jan. of 2014.  I really love being in real estate but my goal is to not just be an agent, but to be an investor.  I truly enjoy creating, so the thought of finding, fixing and flipping a house is a dream to me.  I am constantly looking at houses and looking for deals.  I know I have the vision, just need the knowledge and education.  I tell myself "oh, if I only had $50K cash I could easily make some money on a deal."  I now know it is not that easy.

I hope that this site can bring me to a stage in my life that I put down the RE agent hat and put and keep on the RE Investor hat.  I want to be a sponge, i am ready to learn, ready to invest my time and sweat to make it happen.  I look forward to talking to and learning from this BP community.

Thanks.

Jimmy