I relocated to Atlanta this month in hopes of jumpstarting my REI journey with my spouse.Our journey so far:This past January I visited Atlanta for a weekend, and met with a realtor to familiarize myself with the area(s) I saw potential in.

Specifically, I'm looking at folks that have done this in the past and can offer first hand advice on what works best given the options.

My husband and I have a two bedroom condo in Playa del Rey which has seen significant appreciation in the past few years.

opinions will vary.. however wholesaling is a pretty advanced activity and quite difficult really.to do it well it incorporates many different diciplines and you need to be on point with all of them.just like being an agent.. 90% of those that try wholesaling fail.. that's a fact and they go into debt doing it or blow their cash.50 to 60% who try to be real estate agents don't make it either.. but if you can get past the hump so to speak being an agent can be a lifelong rewarding career.. most wholesalers don't last a long time as they get to doing something else.and it really depends on your market.

I’ve done it for the past two years and am selling mine now to buy more rentals.

I've looked into a real estate book here and there in the past and decided to get back into it on the discovery that I don't HAVE to own property where I live. 

thanks for all the great responses; to further clarify; I rolled over several 401k from past employers into an IRA.

Two lenders I have used in the past have told me that you need a credit score of at least 720 due to fannie mae regulations to refinance properties 7-10. 

The reason is for the PMI removal Purpose, they want to do a quick 10 mins walk through the unit and take pics.

and ran some (recent pre-approval) numbers based on a 475K property (which I’m not seeing a lot of in the past couple weeks).