All Forum Posts by: Marlene Michael

I'm anticipating the responses from the pros. I hope my response bumps your question back up to the top to get a response. I am new to the field, and have been looking at the Griffin market as well. Wish you the best of luck!

@Isaac Kessler 

Thank you!! There are really nice people (you included) who are very encouraging. Wish I had joined years ago.

@Jon Huber 

Thank you for sending me that :)

@Larry Fried and @Jon Huber 

Thanks guys! I am looking forward to learning from everyone here, and benefitting from the podcasts and other free resources.

Please see response above. I'm still getting used to tagging users :)

@Paul Timmins 

@ Paul Timmins 

Thank you for such great advice. I will be sure to check the books out. I have planned to attend a few of the meetings that the local REIA here in Atlanta offers each month . I know that I need to interact and network in order to be successful in this business.

I never thought about specializing in student housing. That is a phenomenal idea with all of the schools in our area. I don't understand how to control a property without owning it. Can you explain that for me? 

@Demetria Shomala, great advice! I used to look for homes in NY when we there through the HUD program , Teacher Next Door, but haven't checked into it here. That's a great idea.

Thanks @James Wise! 

Hi everyone! My name is Marlene, and I am a new investor. I currently live in Jonesboro, GA which is approx. 20 minutes south of Atlanta. My family and I moved to GA from NY, and have resided here for almost 10 years. I am a teacher by trade, but decided to take some time off with my children, so this is the perfect time to pursue my passion of real estate!! My hubby Paul and I moved here with 2 little ones, and now we have six, so I really need to be successful in this field to pay for all of their college tuitions!

We currently own one rental property which is our former home, but I plan to own no less than six rental properties (preferably small multi-family units)  in addition to the one we currently own, which is "under water".  I enjoy the rehab process, and look forward to purchasing and rehabbing distressed properties to flip and/or hold. I am really interested in wholesaling as well, but my lack of knowledge on the subject makes me uncomfortable. Hopefully I can learn from you all, and add that to my success plan as well.

I look forward to learning from, and sharing with all of you. Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated.

I needed to read that today. Thanks for the great post!

Congrats! I hope to be joining you in owning my first multi-family soon too!