Within my credibility book, I have my biography, investment portfolio, investment criteria & strategy, strategic partners, and a few example\use cases of properties I've invested in. 

Based on my research on the topic, I've formulated the following statements:Buying: In exchange for heavily decreasing your cash flow, you're able to secure more square footage to live more comfortably.

So it's really a financial and strategic decision of do I want basically a trophy asset that I know will likely forever be ok and stable versus do I try to buy some extra units in surrounding areas.

The same can be said for flips however those are more strategic and need some skills and insights to find the right areas.I am here to help.For example.

Sounds easy enough, but the reality can be quite different.Even with a professional property management team on board, you as the landlord still have an active role in the investment.The property managers may take care of the day-to-day issues, but you will still need to be involved in strategic decisions, including whether to evict tenants who aren’t paying, filing insurance claims when unexpected surprises happen, and sometimes having to put in additional funds to cover maintenance and repair costs.What It Means To Be A Passive InvestorOn the flip side, you have passive investing, which are the “set it and forget it” type of real estate investments.

We can then strategically decide where to redeploy sales proceeds without the 45/180 day timelines required under the 1031 rules.We also invest in real estate outside of our Roth IRAs and enjoy the traditional tax benefits and then struggle with the tension between "hold unto death" or sell and 1031 the proceeds.Bottom line is we are investing in real estate both inside and outside of our Roth IRAs. 

That being said, even though it was out of state, and even though I had a property management team in place, there was still work involved on my end, mostly related to strategic decisions for the renovations, turnovers, and evictions.After I realized that out of state rentals were more work than I’d originally envisioned, I discovered passive investing through syndications (group investments), which is my main method of investing out of state these days.

Condos Rentals in Toronto is an appreciation strategize.

As a business owner I’m just trying to be more strategic moving forward.

I’m trying to figure out how to strategize financing for BRRRR’s.