Nobody has a crystal ball or knows what the future holds.

Ensure the deal has a solid profit margin by subtracting the purchase price, repair costs, holding costs, and your target profit from the ARV.

Long term hold, would do anything that makes sense but long term goal of multifamily!

I've done deals like this where I've had the seller hold a small second, subordinated to the banks 1st position mortgage, with payments to the seller deferred until balloon payment which I make coterminous with the bank's mortgage.4.) 

Usually when you buy a property you either decide 1. flip it as soon as possible or 2. hold for a rental long term. 

The faux wood home depot ones hold up better than the cheap plastic ones.

Cash Flow vs Buy and Hold, etc...That can help determine areas to invest, as some areas are better for cash flow and don't appreciate that much.

.- My Strategy: I'd like to buy and hold residential rental properties.

No loan officer is influencing me on how to commit loan fraud I did say that they did in fact inform me that I'd need to hold employment in the state.

We invest for long term buy and hold in good areas B+Due to extreme highly demanding W2 jobs we are looking for credible FULLY vertically integrated turnkey companies to partner with.