Hey Everyone,I've developed a list of the largest owners of residential holdings in the counties I'm working in.  

If you have more money than deals then it generally makes sense to buy and hold. 

My long term goal is to become a buy and hold investor in the Denver / Sherrills Ford area, but as most newbies I have very limited resources to start.

I own my holdings through a publicly-traded mutual fund (there are many to choose from).

I joined bigger pockets to learn from people that have been successful in the buy and hold game and also because I have no idea where to start when it comes to doing background checks, marketing the property, and what I'm supposed to be tracking along the way. 

Flip is the more logical thing to do but because of the “trendy” location, many investors I speak to tell me that it might make sense to hold it for appreciation.

What areas in Kansas City would be best for buy and hold?

So technically it doesn't have to hold anything up or create a delay.You're not too late to get something going. 

In any case,   one argument FOR holding onto smaller apartment properties in seattle is that townhouse redevelopment,  which requires the same zoning as small multifamily causes a lot of SFR and smaller apartments to be lost to redevelopment,  so this class of neighborhood scale and typically comparatively affordable housing is going to get harder to come by,   and presumably in higher demand as a result.

Unit by unit at turnover ......If its fully occupied and pulling rent.....and doesn't have a lot of delayed maintenance that puts habitability at risk, then there is no point in vacating people to renovate the unitsUnless you have big pockets and can handle reno costs and holding costs with no rent coming in