Real estate wins hands down, at least for creative active investors.

However, I will ALWAYS negotiate a little better price for the "renter in hand" that I qualify and WANT rather than waiting to find the one later at a higher price. 4.

Off hand, good terms, very good rate for seller financing, so good it makes me wonder, guess that means $1,080,000.00 financed.What is better depends on your market.The only other advice is ask questions that has much more detail about the circumstances and what the goals are.Asking what is better, as you did, is like asking what's better, a Ford, Chevy or a Dodge?

*sound of crickets chirping*What worked way better was building relationships with a small hand full of true cash buyers.

I know this is broad and I'm trying to do everything I can in the next year to educate myself and make sure I am ready to invest, weather that means taking classes, getting some hands on experience or partnering with someone for my first deal using my funds and giving them a percentage of the proceeds.

There is a great write-up in the Landlord & Rental Property Questions that you should definitely read if you haven't yet called "Ultimate Guide to Tenant Screening & Renting Your House "I don't know how hands on you want to be with your property but replacing a front entry door and oven range isn't all too hard.

Analysis of conditions like this may hold the answers you seek in Massachusetts.I don't have any first hand experience in wholesales but if you're savvy enough to find a diamond in the rough I have friends who were able to double their money in under a month.Good luck!

Many of my rentals are in Class C areas where everyone smokes, buys lottery tickets, and live from hand to mouth, check to check.

Leaving consumers handing over thousands of dollars spent on a job that wasn't completed.

Even with flipping if you use hard money the lender will want skin in the game ( money down and points ) to do the loan.The reasoning is if the rehab gets tough the HML wants it to be painful for you to walk versus just handing it back to them.A good contact for flips is J Scott on here.