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Janelle Mcleod
  • Decatur, GA
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Way to Many Code Violations (Georgia)

Janelle Mcleod
  • Decatur, GA
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Howdy BP friends,

I found 4 properties today (while driving home) and all four properties have a notice posted to the door "Final Notice of Violation by Code Enforcement" etc... etc.

(Forgive me. Still new and still learning. But I see so many abandoned properties with boarded up windows and I wondering how many others are trying to reach the owners too?!?!)

....anyway

I'm in GA. I did call the code enforcement officer number on the notice posted and he was very limited on what he can share with me over the phone...In GA, we're not allowed to just go to the court house and get a list of these code violations he says too. (you know ever state is totally different).  Then he gave me his senior rep's contact info. So I called the senior rep who makes all the decisions on the properties and how he takes legal actions. Awaiting his, the senior rep, return phone call....

Came home and did my research and see all of these vacant homes are owned by a company (like in "LLC's"). What does the "final notice" pretty much mean? Is it too late for me to try to reach out and locate the owners of these "Final Notice of Violation by Code Enforcement" properties etc? The homes are pretty good (may need some minor repairs though) but are in a pretty decent neighborhood. Since I am new to the investing side and getting started, my goal is to wholesale properties first so I can build capital and use the funds to do what I really want to do in real estate (which is buy and hold to rent out and build wealth/generate passive income in positive cash flow. But I gotta start somewhere and wholesale seems to be my only option to build capital).

Thanks for your read here and helping me on this and I am looking forward to your advice/help.

~Janelle

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