All Forum Posts by: Marcel Williams

Hello everyone!

I was just approved by my lender for 150k and now I am in the process of buying my first home in the Atlanta area. I currently live at home with my parents paying a small amount every month. I have a question for you all; Do I...

1. Buy a house around 100k, rent it out and either stay at home with my parents or get an apt in a nicer area? 

2. Or do I buy a home, live in it, and try to pay it off as fast as I can and then move on to a bigger better home in a nicer area afterwards?

@Karen Petty You may have hit the nail on the head totally. I'll just ask him how can I be of assistance to him. Hopefully, I'm over thinking this.

Hello BP world, Im new to the real estate investor world in the Atlanta metro area and I recently found a potential real estate "mentor." We were introduced to one another through a mutual friend of ours and spoke on the phone briefly, he asked me about my experience, which niche was I interested in (buy and hold) and was told to call him back closer to the end of this month because he was about to go out of town in a few days and when he returned we could get together and grab lunch. I plan to call him this week and I want to actually present myself as valuable to him because if I do, then the longer I can stick around and not feel like dead weight.

My question to you all is how can I make myself more valuable to him?   I am a professional photographer and a videographer, are those skills needed very much in this field?

Is there an aspect of this business that most people tend to need help with? finding deals, paperwork, property management?

Im pretty handy as well.

Thanks for the links, just finished rich dad poor dad and figured I'd give the BiggerPockets forums a real try.

Hello everyone, I'm new here on BP and I'm here to learn as much as I can before I purchase my first property soon. I'm a new avid listener to the YouTube podcasts with Brandon and Josh. I've attended a few seminars here in the area as well in addition to listening to Jay Morrison and real estate teachings. I just ordered a copy of Rich Dad, Poor Dad!