You should be meeting with as many of the local commercial brokers as possible as well.

Hello BP!I'm looking to network with anyone and everyone involved in Real Estate. I'd love to connect and talk with each and every one of you. A little background about me: I got my RE license when I turned 18. I've w...

I am new to investing and would like to attend any informational meetings possible.

A group of us BPers meet up once in awhile.

I am here in ATL for a couple of days on business and looking to catch an Real Estate Investing meeting. 

In order to evaluate what is best for you financially you would need to have projections on what the potential business could earn vs what you could earn strictly renting it out. 

One was at 17K and I was at 15K that was the closest.On top of that of the claims I filed even none of them meet deductible so I got zero from it, all the carriers mailed me letters demanding to see documentation of the repairs including licensed contractor official invoices, before and after pictures etc...so you won't "pile on" the claim on the next hurricane.There is also one carrier I think it's called People's Trust which is becoming popular now in FL and there is a lot of talk about their "First Response", since if you go with them you have to call their first response team or you forfeit your claims. 

Once you no longer meet the two of five year ownership and occupancy tests, 1031 exchange becomes an advantageous option, but probably not before.

@Ryana Munford If you look under the "Network" tab above and find "Events" you will see that there is a meeting on Wed. evening, Sept 27th in Dublin.

The number 1 thing you should start with is meeting as many people in the business as you can.