For many folks, that's not a choice.

The benefit gained by making this choice is that the IRS will not immediately question whether your farming activity is engaged in for profit.

I am hoping you can share your thoughts and sound advice on what is a wise investment choice between co-op, condo and multi-family house.

We had a cooperative tenant, the buyer really had no choice.

That is an interesting choice.

The buyers who don't have more than 3.5% down money have no choices really other than FHA, other than perhaps saving up for a bigger down payment.

The "low rent" strategy is actually working; I am not only filling it up, but people are staying longer, and to some extent I have my choice of tenants.

My current investments of choice are hotel/motels and mobile home parks.While not a newbie, I still refer to BP whenever I have a question I need answered.

While REITs are popular and may be a good choice for someone who cannot qualify right now for their own purchase, make sure you study them well and know what you're buying and when.

For me that's just not good enough so I have recently started placing block after strategic block in a foundation for our new real estate investment firm that I hope will bear greater and longer lasting fruits than our first attempt.Although our credit has recovered for the most part from our personal housing crash, we have been unable to acquire capital for down payments.