Greetings from Atlanta, GA

[Marcus Williams]

Happy 2016 to all!  I relocated to the Atlanta, Georgia area from Washington, D.C. over the summer.  I've been a longtime lurker of BP and finally decided to fully commit to real estate investing.  I've found members on this site to be incredibly helpful, informative and motivated.  The resources on the website are also invaluable.  Anyhow, I'm primarily interested in flipping and will eventually move into buy and hold.  I already own one property outside of my primary residence that I'm managing, so I'm not entirely new to real estate.

I hope to get started in the coming months and I would like to find a real estate agent that is investor friendly with a tremendous amount of experience assisting clients with navigating the nuances of fix and flip transactions.  I'm also here to network with investors, contractors, and other real estate professionals and hopefully build successful business relationships.   I'm very excited to get started investing and learning as much as possible from the honey hole of knowledge that is BP!

Marcus

[Linval T.]

@Marcus Williams

Welcome aboard the vibrant BP community. You already have some experience and with additional effort, will quickly climb the REI ladder to its pinnacle.

Although you are experienced I added the below links to refresh your memory as you wait for local networking connections.

http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/01/07/flipping-houses/ (step by step guide to flips)

https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/03/21/flipping-houses-101-j-scott/ (Flipping houses 101 with J. Scott)

https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/07/09/bp-podcast-130-ten-smart-tips-for-making-1m-flipping-houses-with-will-barnard/ (Smart tips for flips)

To be more successful, you simply have to work on the other elements to progress your REI pursuit. Below are some quick links to get engaged on this site.

• http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthere
• http://www.biggerpockets.com/meet
• https://www.biggerpockets.com/alerts
• How to Use @Mentions on BiggerPockets
• https://www.biggerpockets.com/rules
• https://www.biggerpockets.com/terms
• https://www.biggerpockets.com/invites
• https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks
• https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/categories

REI books suggested by BPers

http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/04/14/best-real-estate-books/?utm_source=search&utm_medium=internal&utm_campaign=books

Simply, bone up on the areas that you need to expand knowledge in such as, Forums, Marketplace, Learn, Network, Analyze and Resources.

Continue to feast on the Podcasts, #askbp Podcasts, blogs and webinars

Lastly, this site thrives on interactions and as such we encourage two way exchanges and look forward to educational and thought provoking ideas relevant to REI.