While I've been focused on buy-and-hold strategies, I'm eager to elevate my game and explore new investment opportunities.

Flip, house hack, buy and hold?

Charlotte is tough for buy and hold using the traditional rent model, but we are now a PadSplit community! 

If you find someone good, hold onto them! 

(Some of us have more than one...)So here you are.Your first step should be to get the facts and then reassess your options.You'll need realistic and accurate estimates of your ARV, your remaining repair expense, market rent, and total projected holding costs.If you run your numbers and you can still make this work as a rental, then great!

(doubt this is accurate)Regardless0.02% of 500,000,000 = 100,000 people are successfulSo you see ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND success stories, people holding up checks, bragging about how many Lambos they buy... but what you will never see are the rest of the 499,900,000 people quietly crying in the fetal position on the floor that lost a fortune trying those tactics.You don't hear from them, you don't see them and you only see extremely incomplete data.Again,I would stop telling others it is a numbers game.

For commercial properties, we require appraisals performed by appraisers holding MAI designation.  

Analyzing deals regularly, even if you don't have a buyer in mind for it.

Use HML to fund renovations• During this time, pay holding costs OOP (including P&I with PMI), any left over money can be used to build up next savings fund5.

Once the process is in place, it is nice when at least the majority of the rent shows up regularly.