It wasn’t pretty, but that’s how I scaled up buying and holding 29 SFR without using my savings to acquire these houses.

With the current mortgage rate constraints affecting how many buyers are willing to enter the market we are seeing a lot of borrowers have success with the BRRRR strategy with plans to sell in the next 3-5 years when interest rates go down.Researching potential LTR and STR rental amounts and seeing if holding for a few years is a viable option is a good analysis to do well. 

Areas in PG County Maryland or West Virginia, for example, might offer better opportunities for cash flow with a smaller down payment.That said, if you’re willing to hold long-term, Northern VA can be a fantastic place to invest.

@Nadia Jones Starting and running a fund is a separate business because it's something that you need to actively market for and regularly work on attracting capital to invest in. 

It is not the saturation from regular hosts.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

The nicer houses had brick foundations but regular folks built on cedar piers.

BUT, I am sick living in construction and would like to move to a new home and then finish fliping and sell or hold the two homes asap.

Management would be self-managed, as in this example it would be a client's first rental buy and hold.

I don't know how that business could survive long-term with such low rates.If those numbers are accurate and you can net $38,000 a year, then it's worth holding onto.