All Forum Posts by: Justin Blackwell

Hey Jermaine,

hope all is well brother. I am a newbie investor looking to step foot into the Atlanta market with a partner of mine in the next few months and would love to connect with you. If we can make some money together I am all for it.I’ll send a connect and let’s chat when you have a moment 

Hey corey, I see that you have broken down a location. Can I ask how you arrived at the city of Atlanta? And like I mentioned to someone previously, I think the BRRRR strategy is great however you seem to be starting at the middle a little bit. What is YOUR goal? Cash flow? Appreciation? Both? What are your capital limitations? Maybe by working backward from the goal you can develop the criteria. Because the criteria for a cash flowing property vs one strictly for appreciation or one that may achieve both will bring you to different neighborhoods and towns in your market. Then you can start to dive into the real estate and use some of the tools here like the BRRRR calculator and/or rental calculator on bigger pockets. And start to dial in what criteria matters to you.

Hey friend, I am in the process of the same journey right now. first off I wish you much success. So I am no pro by any means but would love to share a few nuggets of info I found and have learned so far. Number one make sure you are following the investing out of state series currently going on. I have a feeling that may be how you ended up here but if not, it is on Bigger Pockets youtube page. Secondly, what my partner and I are in the process of working backwards. the first question you should probably be asking yourself is what is my budget? That will automatically narrow down what areas you go into. Then start using realtor.com or zillow for example to take a look into those houses. I prefer trulia because it gives pretty good information on the surrounding area. especially in terms of crime. I then started reaching out to realtors so they could send me their MLS findings. At this point I am running numbers with my partner and we are setting up our team but we have landed on the markets within the atlanta market that we are going after. Again, I am no pro but I was stuck at the beginning trying to figure out how to analyze the market. Now we are so much closer to making our move now that we have worked backwards. Feel free to reach. Good luck and I wish you all the success you seek.

-J

Hey everyone,

My name is Justin Blackwell. Currently in the fitness profession and looking to start investing in real estate with a business partner of mine. Looking to find deals that cash flow right now. Wanted to introduce myself to the BP community which has been a great source of not only knowledge but inspiration. Hoping to earn enough to become a pro member one day ;) thank you guys and shout out to Mitch messer who has changed my perspective on how to approach this bigger pockets community.