I would love to meet up and network, identify opportunities and GROW, who's with me?

As far as myself, I have been apart of the South Eastern Virginia Chapter of NARPM for 6 Years and as of January 1st, I switched up to the Virginia Peninsula NARPM Chapter to help them grow.  

@Mike PerryHi MikeYou can try to hook up with someone who has private money and wants to grow a portfolio of multis.  

We are Atlanta's little teenage brother growing up (fast) We are all lucky to be in a booming city basically still many years of growth left I have to disagree on this being a good buy and hold market.

Then when you start investing out of state or grow to so many properties you need to hire outside management, you'll be working from a base of wisdom, rather than naivete. 

Growing my investor list as I work to find apartment deals in Aus and SA.  

I am currently looking to grow my portfolio and diversify into fix and flips.

This is the best place to grow your knowledge in Real Estate.

The IRS would see through that.You need to decide if:You want the money personally - take a distributionYou want to invest that money and grow it tax sheltered - but entirely at arm's length - setup a SDIRA.You could do both if there is enough money in the account and/or over time, but any time the money will be used for you, it will have to be distributed from the IRA.

Just as with a "Roth", you are contributing to your retirement plan with after-tax dollars, your money will grow tax free, and because you take income via a loan, you access your money tax-free.