It's a tough business and it comes with high cost of entry.Buy and hold decisions are made primarily with passive income in mind and overall ROI of the monthly rental income.

Here you will meet wholesalers who provide deals and rehabbers.You might consider Niche or Specialized Housing like student housing.

Hi TrevorI'd suggest it's tough to get into private lending at the $10k to $25k level.There are plenty of borrowers at that level, the problem is the fixed cost of closing a loan.

That tough to beat on active real estate investing until you know what you are doing.

Also, if an association can gather enough owners to vote for it, they can change rules even after you buy (changing from allowing renters to owner-occupant only) and hit you with special assessments, so associations are scary.

Scott The Book on Flipping Houses,The Book on Estimating ReHab Costshttp://www.biggerpockets.com/flippingbookYou might consider Niche or Specialized Housing like student housing.

At the end of the day, buying a good property, at a good price, that you rehab correctly is something you will have a tough time going WRONG on.

Originally posted by @Dustan Marshall: @ Duncan Taylor Forgive me, but what is GRIT GRAT and GRUT They are special kinds of trusts.

So in this instance you buy off what the market is going to turn into right after you buy the asset and not actuals.You can have actual bills for utilities but the seller might have gotten a special deduction you will not or a special assessment or large increase is coming.

If you have "real deals", you shouldn't have too tough a time finding "real buyers".