Hello from an Atlanta, GA Newbie!

[Erin Church]

Hey Everyone,

I'm Erin Church and I live just above Atlanta in the Roswell/Alpharetta area. I recently found Bigger Pockets because of my answer to a simple, every day question my best friend (a recruiter) asked: If you could do anything, what would it be?  

I didn't hesitate. I knew my dream career would be in real estate. This is the one area that I have been excited about for over a decade, but didn't do nearly enough about. 

I have always seen real estate as an investment, even when I purchased my first home at 24. I bought a foreclosure and sold it for about 40% more than I paid about a year and a half later (and learned to keep it for 2 years after that). My second house had a similar increase in value. My third house, I purchased from a friend and my profit from that deal was a giant life lesson. :) 

After moving to GA from SC about 6.5 years ago, I wasn't sure what the following years would bring, so I rented. I finally felt settled enough with the area and life to purchase again a couple of years ago. My husband and I hope to make a nice profit on this house as well and then be able to start purchasing investment property. So, I'm currently in the "soak up all the basic knowledge I can" phase. I love learning, so that statement will always be true with only the word "basic" being substituted out for things like "BRRRR", "Foreclosure", "Rental" and so on.

Right now, I think that foreclosures and residential rentals are the direction I'm heading. I feel like balancing my current job (online math lecturer) and rentals go together well. Hopefully the same will be true with foreclosures. 

I'm looking forward to meeting everyone! The more I dig into Bigger Pockets, the more I feel like I've found "my people". :)