It takes major capital and a super long-term horizon to be successful as a buy and hold investor in this zip code.  

Keep in mind this will be a 30 year or forever hold with appreciation the ultimate goal and cash flow at year 20-30 being retirement income (hoping to stack 10 of these if i can)Here's the numbers, I'm planning to close in April i just got back from taking the wife and kids to the build site, they approve so that's nice haha.

Hello BP Community,Looking forward to meet and build new business relationships here.  I currently have a few rental properties that I have rented out long term but now looking into marketing for mid term rentals.  I ...

Are you looking for pure cash flow or buy and hold appreciation.

With so many units here, standing out and getting found on the platforms in a 'regular neighborhood' is getting more and more difficult.

I like Texas, but the only thing that holds me back is the higher property taxes compared to North Carolina.1- Money: ok to spend ~300K (prefer to put only 20-30% down) and invest in a couple of properties than buying one in cash2- Prefer cash flow (of course, appreciation would also be great)3-Prefer SFH over duplex just because with SFH (in a good neighborhood), I probably would have less headache and dramaHere are my questions:1- Which city do you invest in and why?

I'm based in Maryland, where I currently own a few buy-and-hold residential properties alongside partners.

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

But here in VA, an offer is only accepted once it is ratified, i.e. signed by both parties, holding both parties to the terms of the deal.