Cash flow or appreciation

[Brandon Fuhrman]

I am a new investor and looking to get into my first rental property. I have a few different opportunities but my question is: for your first rental property, would you want something that cash flows good with bad appreciation, or one that cash flows okay but in a higher appreciation area?

My goal is long term buy and hold, but with little to no cash reserves, the idea of using the equity in my first rental property to use for another property is enticing. But don’t want to bank on appreciation if something is cash flowing very well.

Of course, in an ideal world you’ll want both cash flow and appreciation but which would be better for your first or first couple of rentals? Thank you very much!