If you had 250k in cash to invest in real estate....

[Ryan P.]

...and you wanted a true passive investment that would at least have some cashflow, for a long term (10 year plus) investment, what would you do? What type of investment, and where? And what would be the best way for me to find a deal there?

The key here is PASSIVE.  I do not have time to be a landlord. I am an investor, and I have  too much money in stocks (and some REITs) right now. I like the idea of the tax benefits of actually owning income producing real estate )as opposed to REITs), but if I have to screen tenants and answer calls about leaky toilets it does not make sense to me.