The next one is on Monday, January 20th at the Hudson Grille in Sandy Springs.The second is to our Atlanta REIA Main Meeting which takes place on the 1st Monday of each month.

Sandy did a number to a lot of the homes closer to Smith Point.  

Fast forward, 9 years..........Hurricane Sandy hit Long Island at the end of 2012 and the house that my twin sister and I owned was ruined (purchased in 2005).  

I live in the Jersey Shore area of NJ and I am interested in a house that was damaged by Sandy and is in a high flood zone.

@Sandy RLBased on my experience, Real Estate Investing is a 'hands on' type of investment - but those hands don't necessarily need to be yours!

And as Sandy pointed out, the market here isn't too shabby.

and there are foundation issues that will crop up and not if but when the soils there are expansive.. so those two things.. have to be taken into consideration.what happens as well is if you buy an owner occ... they could have very low tax's as they get the owner occ exemption.. then when it goes to rental the tax's sky rocket.. and poof there goes your cash flow you thought were going to get.Just like folks that live in Texas why would they buy in CA and subject them selves to CA income tax and the 800 a year franchise tax... when they pay none in Texas it all evens out.. plus they don't have the expense of travel there etc.there are better tax treatment states for buy and hold out there... and if your appreciation is marginal then cash flow is the only reason to buy them

., the population and job growth will occur where there is opportunity, low taxes with entrepreneurial soil, warmer climate,  great quality of life with lower cost of living.

They're pretty much maintenance free as long as the soil is acceptable and you don't put stupid things down into it. 

By way of an analogy, it's easier to rake the soil smooth on your path rather than to break up each clump as you trip over it.My $0.02 ...