Correct Brian, I am new to the game.

I LOVE Bigger Pockets and this is actually my second time getting on this site (I have since matured, got my licenses, and realized how serious investing is) and I have been reading and listening to as much as I can.

  Greetings!  My name is Robert.  I'm a husband, father and rookie investor from Northglenn, Colorado.  My journey into REI started in 2007 when I started managing a fourplex for my grandfather.  That property was sol...

@Vincent Givens Welcome to Bigger Pockets.

Thats how you find a great deal for yourself.Getting your license is a whole different game.

The initial draw of about $6500 was out-of-pocket and he said he'd work with 212 Loans this week to get the work "inspected" for the next funds draw.Soon after closing, my contractor told me to get the utilities turned on because they were all disconnected.

If you want to be in this game for a long time, remember, its not a sprint, its a marathon.

With all the development going on in Atlanta, there are still certain pockets of the city the have numerous vacant homes. 

I am out of FHA mortgages so I have to play the refi/payoff game as I find new properties....

I would say consider a FHA 203k mortgage as well, so you have the opportunity to buy a distressed property and rehab it to a rentable state with money that isn't coming out of your pocket.