In reality, finding tenants is quite easy, especially if you follow these steps to reduce your risk of vacancy: Living in a growing city in a desirable location increases your chances of finding tenants.

Im not for sale 

We living in Rhode Island and the market has slim pickings, there are currently 8 multi families for sale in the whole state.

Purchase price: $175,000 Cash invested: $120,000 Sale price: $390,000 Full flip, sold 30k over asking price in 3 days!

Can anyone think of something else to incentivize this sale?

Purchase price: $270,000 Sale price: $310,000 Buy & Hold Single Family | Prices in this area were appreciating so I purchased this under market value and held short term.

You cannot take the $250k gain since you did not make that gain at the point of sale.

I have read a couple of Brandon Turner books and the only experience I have with real estate is the purchase of my home 8 years ago, which was a short sale.

Purchase price: $235,000 Cash invested: $75,000 Sale price: $425,000 The Ardmore Chalet is a fully updated contemporary home that resembles a hidden mountain getaway tucked into the middle of the Ardmore neighborhood.

I am currently in the process of leasing up a vacant property we’ve been renovating however and that has SIGNIFICANTLY increased the amount of people time that I have had recently so for you if that is a huge issue I would not recommend getting involved with any vacant properties that involve total lease ups or else you might just prefer utilizing a property manager.