If you were starting, investing for cash flow, and had $100,000, what would you do?

[Andy Norcia]

Hi, looking for input. I live in Atlanta, and am looking to start investing in real estate next year (there are various reasons for this timeline). I am interested in investing for cashflow. I am not "handy" and not interested in being a hands-on landlord. Any suggestions?

[Robert Leonard]

@Andy Norcia your question will get boatload of replies, but my suggestion to you is to start learning the REI business if you want to be in it. The expression "it's not rocket science" is true, but overused to oversimplify REI. There's a lot you need to know. You are starting with a significant amount of cash that you don't want to turn into tuition to the school of things I learned the hard way. If you don't know how this stuff works, it's like handing over your money to someone and saying, here, grow this for me. Man, that's a huge (careless) risk IMO.

"Never invest in a business you cannot understand." --- Warren Buffett