Hello Shad,I think there is always a time and place for flipping, but I think you build long term wealth with buying rental properties. 

Lastly, it will be important to each lender as to when you bought the home.

Investment Info:

Large multi-family (5+ units) buy & hold investment in Clarksville.

Purchase price: $330,000

Cash invested: $1

Sale price: $820,000

This was a zero down deal. I did pledge a...

Hey all,   Like many folks here I've been interested in RE investing for a long long time. 

HelloWe've had great success on our two SFH long term rental properties, and one of the parts that I really enjoy in this endeavor has been the deal analysis. 

Don’t go over the top on anything you won’t be long term living in yourself.  

Appreciation being speculative has been a long-standing narrative.

He is probably drawing up a Quit Claim Deed, which is usually a 1-page document.  95% of what is in a Quit Claim is copy / paste so it shouldn't take that long. 

House hacking is a great place to start you portfolio, just be buckled up for the long haul.

There can be many reasons for failure, and there can be many situations where investors perceive that a failure has occurred when there has not been a failure.I wrote an article for the BiggerPockets blog last week that talked about failures in the context of syndication sponsors that have turned non-responsive...perhaps that's a help.