Depends how much housing costs in your local area, any skills you have with home improvement and the amount of money you have to invest.

To buy a house to rent, I'd suggest at least having 30% of the down payment.

Unless you're familiar with /diy/ I'd suggest REIT

I'd love to own a rental house or a triplex in a hot area, but for now I've been pretty darn happy with REITs. I own Annaly Capital and their dividend has been sweet like honey. Steadily dripping honey. But, if I were to invest further I would probably go to a non-mortgage REIT and probably one of the healthcare or data center trusts.

I've been hesitant to set it to reinvest, but frankly I wish that I had done so a year ago.

The advantage to owning a physical property, from what I know, is that you gain some write-offs.

>>1176634
How long have you owned them? And how many shares?

>>1176672
I only have 100 shares, small holding. I bought in 2014.

I've done a lot better with my own holdings.

What exactly is REIT?
And what is the average ROI?