Deciding my criteria for investing

[Brian Clinkscale]

Hello Everyone,

Im currently deployed and will be returning home (Georgia, Greater Atlanta area) in a couple months and want to start investing in real estate. Before I deployed I got my real estate license so that I could be a full-time agent and learn all the aspects of real estate, with my main goal being to become a active real estate investor. Ive been reading all the books I can, listening to podcasts, viewing properties on the MLS, and just utilizing all avenues possible that I know of that will hopefully prepare me to make sound decisions upon my return. One of the main things I'm having a hard time with is trying to figure out my criteria for the type of property I want to invest in. For example a investor that only invests in "3 bed room single-familly homes with a specific price range made after 2010" My question is how do you come up with your criteria? Is this something that I will have to wait to figure out when I come home because I don't know my market yet and what areas specifically in Georgia I want to invest in? Or is there a way I can figure this out now so that when I return I can jump right into looking for properties?