All Forum Posts by: Christopher Henesy

@Jerusha Holder

Welcome to BP!  If you haven't already, take advantage of the BP PodCasts.  They are a great way to get started educating yourself, and learning about all of the different real estate tools you can put in your toolbelt.  Not to mention hearing so many stories about people start started without much and were able to be successful are very motivating!

Welcome @Marat Reyzelman!

I'm just getting started here in the Atlanta area as well, and it's good not to be the only newbie on the block. Keep in touch and since we both live in the Marietta area, maybe we'll bump into each other at a local REI meeting. I've been checking out http://atlantareia.com/ and plan to attend a few of their meetings in the coming weeks.

Cheers,
Chris

Hello all!

Can anyone recommend a good attorney in the north Atlanta metro to help me set up LLCs for my day to day operations and another for holding assets?  I would prefer an attorney that does a lot of business with real estate investors.

Thanks!
Chris

Hey @Nick Trimmer I'm also interested in properties meeting those criteria and could use some help locating them.  You can reach me at [email protected]

Please add me too: [email protected]

Also interested!  [email protected]

Anyone have any advice for a newbie investor looking to get started with buy and hold properties in the Atlanta metro area?  What are some good areas of town to check out for rentals.  I care more about cashflow than potential appreciation, but I don't want to buy properties in a "War Zone" either.

Dang, just missed it!  Sounds like it was great.  I'm a newbie and excited to get started.  When is the next event?

Hey Everyone!

My name is Chris Henesy, and I'm a 38 year old Atlanta native, Georgia Tech grad, husband and father of two living in east Cobb County.  I currently work full time as a senior technical program manager for a very well known internet firm whose products you probably use every day.

I became an accidental landlord back in 2008 when I transferred to Charleston, SC for a couple of years before relocating back to Atlanta, but I've been interested in real estate in general for a long time.  My first job was as a "gopher" for a local general contractor, and I spent a summer helping finish basements and build decks for people.  My wife and I bought our current house as a short sale when we relocated back to Atlanta and spent the last 3 years doing a basement to roof renovation, doing some of the work ourselves and acting as our own GC for the rest. My father in law in a developer in north Georgia and I often talk about the industry with him as well, and I've read the majority of the more popular business and real estate investment books over the last few years, but never really did anything with the knowledge.

I've recently taken stock of where I am in my career and decided that it's time for me to start "Minding my own business" (as Rich Dad would say) and I'm ready to move from thinking and dreaming about real estate investment to actually taking some action!

I signed up for Bigger Pockets a few weeks ago and have spent about 3 hours a day listening to podcasts and another 1-2 reading the forums, browsing the real estate sites and playing with the various calculators trying to make sure I understand the fundamentals around how to identify a good deal.

So basically at this point I probably know just enough to be dangerous. :)

I think the next step for me is to start trying to find that first deal, and so as a first step towards that goal I'm introducing myself here.  At this point I think I'm primarily interested in buy and hold investing in single and multi family homes in the Atlanta Metro, (though I would love to hear from some local BP members on what strategies work better/worse in the current Atlanta market) and I am looking to utilize BP to make contacts and to help me build my team.

Looking forward to meeting new people and engaging with the BP community over the coming months!