New Investor from Atlanta

[Brian G.]

Hi Everyone,

My name is Brian, and I’m starting my real estate investing path now. Just as a little background, thus far almost all of my investing has been done in stock markets through retirement accounts. And while I plan to continue that, I’d like to start adding alternative investments to my portfolio, with an emphasis on current income. I love my job, and have no plans to stop working. But I’d like to build a “passive” income stream that I can grow over time to supplement my earnings and provide a safety net of sorts. This has led me to Bigger Pockets!

I think rental homes are my best option to build this income stream right now. I'm open to smaller multi-unit homes (2, 3 and 4 units), but at least starting out, would prefer single family homes. At this point, I only want to invest in Georgia, and preferably in Atlanta and the surrounding areas. I love the scalability of the BRRR strategy and would love to get started here. But as someone with no experience, little time (working full time and have a family, etc.), and no network of contractors, agents, lenders, etc, it's a little overwhelming to think about. So I'm also open to a straight-up buy and hold rental acquisition.

I’ve started reading a lot of the forum and blog posts, and the amount of information here is incredible. I plan to continue reading to learn as much as possible. I think the next step is to start going to some local meetups (looks like there is one my area next week) to build a network. Aside from needing ways to source deals, finance deals, handle any rehab on the deals, and manage my properties, I’ve got everything covered – ha!

I’ll be around the forums and would love to hear from anyone, but especially other people in Atlanta. There are so many submarkets here, I’m really anxious to hear from people that have had success here in town.

Looking forward to getting to know the community here!