Buy and Hold (Long Term) Education

Real Estate Investor buys a property and rents it out to a tenant or tenants.

• Long term wealth creation with the mortgage being paid down and appreciation sending the value higher

• Monthly passive cash flow potential
• Huge tax advantages
• Solid property manager can relieve the astute investor from daily management roles

• Tenant and repair headaches
• No huge chunks of cash unless refinanced or sold
• Cash and credit usually needed
• Higher exposure to risk

• Find several wholesalers who can regularly provide quality deals.
• Look at online bulletins and newspapers for distressed sellers.
• Bandit signs in high investor activity areas.
• Post-it Notes, direct mail, postcards in high investor activity areas as well.
• Realtors who know investing can be a powerful resource and can provide potential deals through MLS (Multiple Listing Service).
• Concentrating marketing efforts in certain areas (farming) can also be ideal if an investor plans on doing most of the management themselves.