New Investor and soon-to-be Agent from Atlanta

[Jeremy Densmore]

I am an aspiring real estate investor with very little experience. I currently live in north Atlanta and am working a full time job in midtown. My wife and I have done one investment deal with my father, a fix and hold that we lived in for a couple years and have since rented out for the past 3 years. We are currently reading and studying to become better investors and would like to start doing more deals in the very near future.

I am halfway through a real estate pre-license course and hope to get off to a fast start and transition into full-time real estate sales in the next few months. My goal is to increase my income in the short term while also learning and networking as much as possible so I can become a more successful investor. I would like to learn as much as I can about investing so I can efficiently find good deals and be a go-to agent for other investors.

My wife and I are considering joining the Atlanta REIA. If you are a member of this group and can tell me anything about your experiences and whether you find your membership valuable or not, I would greatly appreciate it. Also, I don't have anyone referring me to join at this point. Thank you in advance for your feedback and insight.

Best Regards,

Jeremy

[Marvin McTaw]

Welcome to Bigger Pockets @Jeremy Densmore! I am a member of the Atlanta REIA but to be perfectly honest, I find Bigger Pockets to be way more useful from an education, networking and business building standpoint. My one complaint with with the REIA is that someone is pretty much always trying to sell you something e.g. a course, software, a (bad) deal, etc. Stick to Bigger Pockets, go to some of the local meetups, and you'll be fine.