Your Favorite Reasons To Invest In SFR's Instead of Apartments

[Chris Weiler]

There is another topic about the benefits of owning apartments. I thought this could be a counter topic on why so many people favor investing in SFR’s over apartments.

Here are a few things I came up with:
-Smaller initial investment. You can build it up over time.
-If you have multiple SFR’s, one disaster (ie fire, flood) won’t necessarily wipe out your whole investment.
-All your tenants don’t share walls, ceilings and floors.
-Broader audience to sell to.

What are your favorite reasons for investing in SFR’s instead of apartments?

[Jon Klaus]

As Bryan says, ease of exit, possibly at retail.

Also, you can attract high quality, stable tenants.