Im going to do some more research on owner financing as I never thought of that or asking the owner to make the down payment as Jarrod mentioned, both of which are extremely creative investing strategies. 

Hi @Brandon Stephens , The best one that I'm familiar with is right on this site:) The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Wholesaling takes you through the process and strategies. 

Depending on the property, your partner's investment of time and money, exit strategies, etc., you will have to give up 50% to 75% of the profits as the price of your education...but don't forget you're still getting paid for learning. 

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

And is most wholesales fixer uppers, because that changes my ROI strategy.

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 a...

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.  

I'm primarily interested in the Buy & Hold, or Buy, Improve, & Hold strategies. 

Although we are new to this industry, we are very familiar the Bigger Pockets and other real estate investing strategies.

Our buy and hold strategy is purely for income supplementation and to leverage into additional buy and hold strategies.