James Lester

Retired from US Army in 1986. Licensed as a Realtor since 1986. Was a mortgage broker for about 3 years with focus on Conventional, FHA and VA financing. Have a general contractors license in Virginia, Georgia and other states. Started flipping homes in the Columbus, GA area in 2003. Formed a partnership with two Atlanta investors in 2007. Since then both as a partnership and individual flipped over 388 homes as of May 2025 Member of Fortune Builders since 2013. Bigger Pockets Pro Member since 2020. Host of River Cities Investor Roundtable a PRIVATE local real estate investors club with over 800 members. The Club can be located on Facebook. Just ask for membership. Realtor with Century 21 Premier Real Estate in Columbus, GA. Pricing Range as of Mar 2025: Best multi-family (2-4) units are located in either Muscogee County, GA or Eastern Lee County, AL. Prices generally start fopr duplexes at about $160,000 (needing repairs) and up to $525,000 for nicer 2-4 unit investment properties. Prices for single family investment properties range from $85,000 (needing repairs) up to about $300,000. Generally, the best single family residential investments are 3 bedrooms, 2 baths in the plus or minus $160,000 or lower price range. Properties over $250K are less likely to rent for positive cash flow in my area. Competition is still keen for multi family and nice single family investment properties at this time. Currently it is very hard to find $100 cash flow per door in the area. Just be patient in your selections but once you find a property of interest we need to move quickly. I have a Partner, Michelle Fields with over 8 years of experience in residential sales, prior to joining my team. She is licensed in Alabama more specifically the Phenix City, Salem and Fort Mitchell areas as well as others. Michelle was a paralegal years ago so that makes her great at the sales contracts. Again limited investment properties are available in Alabama. We can now offer house hacking for investors that involves renting bedrooms and sharing public areas which can offer a better monthly cash flow. Be sure to ask about this during our call. We challenge you to find a more knowledgeable and professional team for your real estate investments. We know the market in our areas. For this reason I PROMISE you that we will NOT sell you a property unless it will cash flow. Now we might not meet your specific cash flow requirements if greater than $100 per door but the property we sell will cash flow. I have another quote that I always pass to investors: "Don't believe a word I tell you! Make me prove it!" Upon initial contact will will send you a free rental calculator based on the area with more accurate data than on Bigger Pockets. We have rental and tenant handbooks, eviction procedures, property manager listing, and various other handouts concerning how we work with out of town investors. All to engage you in the decision and learning process along with providing the correct decision making information to you.