All Forum Posts by: Caleb Griffin

Hey John, welcome to our great state and to BP! Atlanta is a hot market, but there is no shortage of deals if you know where to look (we get a lot of off-market deals). I also have a great connection in hard money lending. Let me know how I can help you get started, don't hesitate to reach out! :)

Hey Josue,

Just saw that you posted a few days ago! I personally work with New Western Acquisitions in the Cobb office. We provide our investors with a large inventory of properties for fix and flip or rehab and rent, and we are selling around 30 properties each month in the Atlanta area to both new and experienced investors. Would love to hear more from you about your needs and expectations, and hopefully explain more about what we do, so feel free to connect anytime! Welcome to BP!

Hey Albert, I work with a large investment company in Atlanta, buying and selling properties to investors like yourself. Contact me any time if I can provide you value. Also, getting your profile set up will definitely help people get better connected to you here on BP :)

Definitely interested! Will try to make it to this one for sure!

Hey Adam! So bottom line man, you need to be making more money. No matter which route you take in real estate, you simply can't do much making $1,500 a month. It's great that you are patient and committed to your current job (I'm actually impressed you've stuck with it so long), but after 3 years there is absolutely no reason, in my mind, why you should be confined to that salary. My situation was similar. I was making about $25k working full-time, not going anywhere, living at home, when I decided I wanted to get serious about real estate. So I quit. I got a weekend job (that thankfully pays really well) and for a couple months I ate dirt and worked on getting my real estate license. Once you pass the license exam, brokers will be begging you to work for them. And then it's just a matter of choosing a brokerage and working up there, where there is potential and you can dive into the world of real estate first-hand. My point in telling you my experience is this: you have got to make some serious moves if you want to see positive change. If you really want to get into real estate, find your way in and go. No more messing around, you got this! Last comment: you're in a pretty good spot for 21 (better than I was just a couple years ago), but don't let your age hold you back. Work hard and get after it. If you need anything let me know brother!

Hello everyone! I am currently working on my pre-licensure course in order to attain my salesperson license, hopefully here in the next couple months. And I am in a section in the course work which talks about license law, and specifically how a licensee essentially must run everything they do with personal real estate investments through their broker (also some stuff about a separate, approved trust fund for receiving rent and other finances that are associated?). I am taking the course through KSU online, which is great, but I have no way to get feedback or have these kinds of questions answered. My investing path and goals revolve around personal investing while also working for a brokerage, so I am a little confused in my ignorance. Reaching out to y'all for answers and advice, it is all so greatly appreciated, thank you so much!

Sounds great, depending on the time, I will be there!

Awesome input, Bill, I really appreciate it! I have been listening to BP podcasts religiously the last few weeks, only taking a break now that I got The Millionaire Real Estate Investor audiobook; I'm about 2/3 through it, and it seems to be a wealth of priceless info as well. I have a long commute to/from work, so I've cut back on music and I'm spending that time more wisely now.

I will definitely be on the lookout for deals. As the book explains, I need to have my criteria plotted out, and then get to know my market while keeping my eyes open for deals. Jumping into that full force now! Thanks again for the input.

That is awesome advice, Tom, I really appreciate it! I guess I hadn't thought about that; the bank not liking me using borrowed money. And I also suppose using my own money and being responsible with payments will prove myself just as much as using investors and paying them back. Great stuff to think on, I have a lot to learn!

Thank you both for your replies! Everything yall are saying makes a lot of sense. I am just recently starting to make good money in the job, so I agree that saving and budgeting correctly is a huge part of it for me. Which correlates with Alberto's reply, that I should have money saved up, and then pay investors from that set aside savings. I knew it would be a fairly simple answer, just wanted the extra input. I really appreciate it guys!