My goal is to start wholesaling then move to buying and holding properties for cashflow.  

The Rent Control escrow will be a "holding" escrow, which is much different.

My wife and I are interested in starting a real estate venture focusing primarily on buying/updating/selling rehab houses and some buy and hold for renting.  

I'm spending most of my time researching buy and hold strategies for SFRs and possibly student housing in the Athens area. 

It depends on what you are looking to do, fix & flip, buy & hold or wholesale.

Get pre-financed so this doesn't hold you up when you see something you like. 

What are people thoughts about buy and hold during controversial neighborhoods regarding gentrification?

A few questions for:-investors who are targeting rental properties holding for mid/long term, - already have few years of experience doing so-NOT a 'do-it-by-your-self' approach - investing out of your town or state and using local professional teamsThe questions:1.

Seems like a hybrid of fix/flip money and long-term (buy and hold) money.

I am leaning toward starting out with the buy and hold strategy, there are a lot of affordable multi-family properties in my area and I would love own a few as rental properties to start out.