I'm an RE investor in the Atlanta area so hopefully I'll see you around at one of the meet-ups (I belong to GAREIA).

as isNo seller disclosureBank ownedForeclosureI think motivated and make offer show up in places where they don't belong.

Great way to gather intel and deals before they are on market.Check out the local senior center for a retired GC perhaps he can work with you.

However, if you look at all the economic forecasts (Center for regional analysis and others), you will see that the demand is going to be there for the next 15 to 20 years due to large job and population growth.

I belong to GAREIA and they are really helpful with recommendations.

Our aim is to be long term holders but we do have private equity and syndicator clients who have a target IRR to hit and once they get there they exit and pay off their investors (hoping they'll reinvest in the next deal of course).

@Joshua Dorkin I hope I have this in the correct forum, if not, can you please move it to where it belongs?

If you are extremely patient, love your grandmother beyond reason, and are ready to create a new life style centered on people who are two to three times your age with more issues than you can imagine, then go for it.

@John Rooster not that it really matters to the premise of my post, but the vast majority of people are not full time real estate investors and much of the capital and disposable income in this country is concentrated along the West Coast and Northeast urban centers.

You would need to concern yourself even with the width of the i-beams to make sure you center a new home (with the same i-beam width) onto the center of your existing piers/pad.The point I'm trying to make is this.