With the low amount of capital needed, and worst case scenario all you are doing is paying your own housing expense these are the reasons why it is such a popular answer.

Great for a buy and hold investment as the area is a popular retirement destination as well as for middle class families!

A 90-day rental is still a long-term rental.I've heard the term "medium-term rental" growing in popularity.

Craigslist seems very popular, what else is good?

It’s a very popular way to get started- it’s also a popular way to progress too... you can move on from an owner occupied FHA without changing the mortgage - to another one.

Investors pool resources and skills to buy large-scale properties and split the profits.House Flipping: Flipping house is one of the most popular strategies to get started in real estate.

This model was very popular in the raging bull market we have seen in most of the US from 2010 onwards because the properties were likely appreciating steadily each year, so if a property went into the foreclosure pipeline, there was a willing buyer at the value of the loan or more because the property had increased in value.Now, with market softening being seen in many markets in the US, this straight LTV model is losing ground to a more loan to cost (LTC) model.

@Anna D.Investing in real estate with a self-directed IRA is a very popular way to protect and grow retirement savings. 

Condotels are popular in Florida as well - very different from condos. 

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