Newbie from Hiram, GA

[John Mackenzie]

Hello, my name is John MacKenzie. I am an electrician in the Metro Atlanta area. With little to zero knowledge, this forum has been a great resource thus far. 

As I become more familiar with the many different concepts that are discussed within these fourums, I hope to contribute much more.  Also, I anticipate developing working relationships with like minded people. 

[Paul Timmins]

@John Mackenzie

Welcome Atlanta is in the top 10 US 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