It motivates me & like you said, buy & hold investing is about slow & steady growth so seeing a nice net worth, equity growing as mortgages get paid down & increased cash flow as you raise rents is sooo cool!!!!

The reason I dont have credit is because I'm currently self employed and cant show 2 years of steady income.

The healthcare markets in construction continue to be steady and I expect them to stay that way for years to come.With all that said, I focus my investments on SFH's as the basis is the rental rates and not construction or money based markets.

So long as each "day" you progress a little bit more, you'll do well -- "Rise like a palm tree and you shall fall like a coconut" (Caribbean proverb)best of luck!!!

I have had the slow and steady mentality but am looking to ramp things up significantly and become quite frustrated at times.

Call me Friday to schedule a time we can talk. ( always get their number) but thus far 93% of the time they call me.Mike, and others another great idea we use is every single week do a video of the progression of the house to show your investor what has been accomplished.

After 10 years of establishing a few rentals of my own and with partners, I liked the business so much that I earned a Broker's license, and now do Property Management for other folks who want the steady returns of rental proerty but don't want to deal with the headaches.  

@Russell Brazil  my  favorites are :#1   Timber land in the Northwest  ( Nothing beats the returns on timber land)#2   Land in the path of progress in Northern CA

Of course some markets are slower than others due to various market conditions.Speaking only on the perspective of the market here in Metro Atlanta (which does have strong economic growth), overall we have a pretty steady incline on sale prices since the bottom in 2012.

Rocky start at first and then progressed greatly.