Atlanta rental income event — transcript
The full transcript of the America Mortgages event on rental income opportunities in Atlanta real estate, held in October 2023. Steve Kim, Associate Broker at Engel & Völkers Atlanta — an Atlanta resident since 1973 — makes the on-the-ground case for Georgia: the world's busiest airport, corporate relocations chasing low taxes and cost of living, and a metro region most international investors still underestimate. America Mortgages co-founder Donald Klip covers the financing side: why undersupplied U.S. housing keeps pushing rents, and how overseas investors qualify for U.S. mortgages on the property's rental income.
Prefer to read offline? Use the Download button above — the file is a 17-page PDF (246 KB). Figures quoted date from October 2023, when the event ran.
What the event covered
- Atlanta beyond the brand image: the hub of a $3+ trillion Southeast economy, not just Coca-Cola, CNN and the Olympics
- Why corporates relocate to Georgia — low taxes and cost of living pulling business from higher-cost coastal states
- A local's view: Steve Kim has lived in Atlanta since 1973 and brokers Atlanta property for international investors
- The rental thesis: with mortgage rates at 6–8%, priced-out buyers rent — and undersupplied housing keeps pushing rents up
- How institutional money (Blackstone among them) reads the same lack-of-supply signal
- How overseas investors finance Atlanta rentals: qualify on the property's rental income, no U.S. credit or residency required
- NMLS · America Mortgages Nationwide
- 2810389
- lender programs
- 150+
- U.S. states
- 50
- U.S. credit required
- No
Related resources
Atlanta event presentation deck
Steve Kim's 46-page “Georgia Real Estate Opportunities” deck from the same event.
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