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When we recruit here at BiggerPockets, I usually make no more than a minor mental note of folks - where they went to school and what they studied is far less important to me than whether they have relevant job experience and convince me of their ability to rapidly develop the related new skills they'll need to work here.

It's not relevant that one owns the property, it's relevant that you can find ways to be part of or control the asset, value creation, cashflow and ROI.

I will make my research about Macon and SW in order to realize if thus places are relevant for buy and hold investments.

If relevant, I also own a cash flowing rental property in NYC worth $1.3  that has $750k in equity in it.

@Duncan Taylor No, I don't have a CPA, that really isn't relevant to this discussion though.It's not about trying to get away with anything.

I guess the first thing we need is an investment-friendly realtor, but any suggestions on local folks in all of the relevant industries would really be appreciated, other than accounting.

@Lee N. asked me more questions in a direct message, but I think the answers are relevant to anyone looking at this discussion, so I'm posting my answers here:Lee's questions: Once I get deeper in this process, I may have further questions, especially about picking contractors and how to shorten the closing time.

In case it's relevant here's a little backstory.