I don't have a definition of "long term," but in my mind it is 20+ years.To me, short term is less than 5 years.Everything in between that is neither short nor long (I guess it's medium term).I think buy and hold is just a philosophy of owning a property for longer than 5 years.So, I believe you can be a medium-term or long-term buy & hold investor, but I think the term "short-term buy & hold" investor is an oxymoron (since, to me, buy and hold is 5+ years and short term is less than 5 years).Can't wait to hear what other people think.

We like the buy and hold philosophy and have done 5 rehabs of foreclosures.  

A little of my philosophy, If I'm interested enough to look at a property, I probably make an offer."

I think staying in the game, making profitable deals, and getting better at managing the deals you have is more of my philosophy.

I know my last goal (in bold) is fairly vague, but it's really the underlying philosophy behind the whole plan.

My side of the family wants to realize the profits one way or the other so we are thinking of selling or taking a buy out.I think a full or at least a partial buyout is best as we will not be able to work well together due to different business philosophies  .

My philosophy is that in general, the fix and flip market is fully matured.

Paul I tend to agree with your conservative philosophy of modeling, but it's still fun to explore the various options and nuances of every kind of risk.Mike, interesting idea, although in that scenario who's responsible for marketing and showing the property?

My philosophy is not to sell a house if you don't have to.

You can e-mail me at the email below.I would like to look at your IPQ sheet.I like the philosophy of if your not embarrased by the offer its to high.Ill remember that in all my future buy and sells.I just moved from buying and selling cars, to buying and selling real estate.