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From Rent-To-Own To Buy-And-Hold #shorts

11 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, the speaker recounts a recent real‑estate investment decision. After arriving from Ottawa, they identified a desirable new development slated to add 50 homes. Initially planning a rent‑to‑own approach, they placed a deposit on one house intended as their primary residence. The next morning, their partner Laurel suggested reconsidering the strategy in favor of buying and holding the properties. Convincing the speaker, they returned to the office and placed deposits on eleven additional houses within the same development, effectively shifting from a single rent‑to‑own purchase to a multi‑property buy‑and‑hold portfolio.

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We also did a nice little move there. When we came here from Ottawa looking for a home to buy for the next year, we came to a development where they were going to be building another 50 houses and then the development was going to be done and finished. And it's a very, very desirable area. So we put a deposit on one house, which was going to be our home. And then Laurel woke up the next morning and said, you know what, I think, I think there's potential here. So even though rent-to-own was our strategy, what about buying and hold? And then we talked about it and then we came back to the office and we put deposits on 11 more houses.