Although I had originally purchased as a buy and hold, I made a few repairs and got a call from a local investor interested in making a deal.

Also my strategy is to buy and hold so while the balloon note works for many investors, it doesn't work for my strategy.

A mentor of mine by the name of Nick Ruiz had a podcast on BiggerPockets and through that, I was able to find this wonderful site chock full of RE info and those that are involved in RE.My immediate goal is to get started in Real Estate wholesaling (the right way lol) and eventually move into rehabs/fix and flips and eventually buy and holds.

Buy or inherit and hold for a long time, then cash out and redeploy equity into potentially higher cash flowing properties or other investments.2.

I am in the process of closing on my first buy and hold.

Chris T.While we are not flippers, we do use a similar approach by purchasing tired properties and forcing appreciation: it is just rehab-n-hold as opposed to rehab-n-sell.When we are carrying out a deep retrofit on a newly acquired property, we will put a sign in the yard advertising another "modern, heathy and energy efficient home in the making"  with an indication of when it will be available for rent.We typically have the units rented before the renovation is complete.

I am more motivated than ever to make a change and develop a solid real estate buy and hold portfolio.  

This year, for example, we have rehabbed three different houses (I don't sell anything anymore, I hold & rent everything).

Would also love to meet with someone and talk about buy and hold strategy. 

I hold a meet up at the end of every month.