It is my belief that in virtually every market the flip will have the better return.I do not know your market.  

@Tim McIver I believe Chris' recommendation to utilize a property manager is the belief they will be better suited to competently provide e proactive asset protection services because most investors fail mightily living up to that standard. 

You make all this sweat equity to see it diminish with every month of holding.My belief is the high interest rate greatly impacts buy and hold and high LTV loans at market rate on retail rehabbed price are negative cash flow.This year some flippers are combining with bonus depreciation so that they do not suffer a large tax hit.  

Many years ago I had the mistaken belief that there was a statutory limit to the amount of time that could elapse between signing and recordation.

My opinion and belief about it is if you don't have the intelligence or drive to figure it out on your own then it is probably not something you should get involved with.

And the posters unwavering belief that somehow these Feds are going to drop all investigations, prosecutions, politicking, taking coffee breaks, etc. and jump on their complaints putting the “full force” of the Federal government down on the subject company and its managers and feed them to the lions.   

Cash flow is overrated, not to call it misguided, especially for someone who is a high-income earner.

It is our belief that if Joe had actually walked the property and understood it’s story, his commentary would be different.

A popular belief is that with multifamily, even if one unit is vacant, you still have income from the remaining units.

aka, like repeating 1031's, but without having to do the 1031.Recently I've started to think this might be misguided, and that the internal gains might come due Dec 31, 2026, along with the initial 85-90 deferred gain/investment because we didn't incorporate the 1031 aspect (and couldn't have because of installment sales, reinvest window etc).