Newbie House Flipper/Investor from Greater Atlanta Area

[Jorge Borjas]

Hello, Bigger Pockets community! This is a very exciting experience for me since I am almost completely new to Real Estate investing. I am definitely eager to learn and grow in this business and achieve financial freedom through RE investing. I currently live in the Greater Atlanta area in the state of Georgia where there seems to be plenty of RE investing opportunities and plenty of future growth. I have read through some great posts by Brandon Turner and Chad Carson and am in the process of purchasing some of the books and resources they and others here at the BP community have recommended. As part of the education phase of this journey, my goal is to find/work with a mentor in the next month or two to learn the ins and outs of this business. I would greatly appreciate your input and suggestions, and if you're in the same area as me, give me a shout out to get connected!

[Paul Timmins]

@Jorge Borjas

Welcome, Atlanta is in the top 10 markets for student housing.

Check out the Start Here page http://www.biggerpockets.com/starthere

Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info. Here you will meet wholesalers who provide deals and rehabbers (cash buyers). Find them through Google and meetup.com

Two Great reads, I bought both J. Scott The Book on Flipping Houses, The Book on Estimating ReHab Costs http://www.biggerpockets.com/flippingbook

Download BP’s newest book here some good due diligence in Chapter 10. Real Estate Rewind Starting over

http://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/brandonatbp/file/real-estate-rewind-a-biggerpockets-community-book

Good Luck

Paul