RED’S FARM
Joan and I started investing in residential real estate in 1986. One day in 19197, Brian was in a grumpy mood. He said, “I’m tired of all these rules. I am moving out.” I said, “Okay, but don’t just pay rent to some landlord like me. Think about buying a place to live.” Two weeks later, Brian had a contract on a duplex in East Point and wanted me to co-sign the loan. I did, and he owned his first property.
EAST POINT DUPLEX
Two or three years later, Brian sold his East Point property and bought a duplex on a 1.25-acre lot in Ormewood Park. The house needed lots of maintenance, and the land was covered in kudzu. Brian, his 1960 Cadillac and 1968 Barracuda, moved to 1015 Berne Street in the Ormewood Park neighborhood of East Atlanta. Thus begins Brian’s thirty years on Red’s Farm.E