New Member from Kennesaw, Georgia

[Clarke Monroe]

Hello BiggerPockets community!

My name is Clarke Monroe and I am very excited to be writting my first post! I recently joined BP after listening to a couple of the terrific audiobooks by BP publishing.  

I am 29 years old and an electronics engineer currently working at Coca-Cola in downtown Atlanta.  It's a good job, but from where I live in Kennesaw, this means about 2 hours in the car each day.  This long commute has become more and more difficult to stomach over the past couple years, especially as our family has recently gotten bigger. 

It's during this long ride that I've been devouring a multitude of REI books for the past 6 months. I'm very much a newbie as I have not yet made any deals. But with that said, I feel my education is reaching the point where I can make my first step into the REI waters. Furthermore, I'm eager and motivated to ditch the 9-to-5 along with that rough commute to spend more time with family and to be in direct control of my income.

I'm primarily interested in the buy and hold strategy for the long-term passive rental income.  Though, I'm open to other stategies that help achieve my family and financial goals.

If you live in or near Kennesaw and are passionate about REI, I would love to meet you and learn more about what you do.

Thanks for your time!

Clarke Monroe

[Jorge Borjas]

Hey @Clarke Monroe, welcome to BP! Here you can find all sorts of resources that people share freely. If you haven't already, look into:

Weekly webinars:

https://www.biggerpockets.com/webinar

Or the forums, or great guides and books:

https://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investin...

https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/01/3...

https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/01/0...

http://get.biggerpockets.com/flippingbook/

Or you can analyze deals to start getting practice before you actually jump in:

https://www.biggerpockets.com/flip-analysis

I would also suggest you look for local Real Estate Investing Associations or clubs meetings to begin networking with people in the industry. I believe there's one in Canton in January and another soon in Marietta. I'm fairly new to this myself, but if you have any questions, I'll try to answer them.

All the best man