What is the best type of investment property?

What does your business plan call for? What are your goals? How much money do you have to invest? How much hands on management, rehab, marketing, acquisition and sales does your investment business plan call for?

Your question is impossible to even take a stab at since you provide no criteria or goal information or information about yourself..

You may as well ask which is better Coke or Dr. Pepper.... it will depend.

The type that is positive cash flow is the simple answer.

How to find them and verify their profitability are all better questions to ask.

A good book (my current favorite) on the subject is:

The ABCs of Real Estate Investing by Ken McElroy

Good Luck,
R

That question cannot be answered as asked. It all depends on your investment goal and your exit strategy

Investment in real estate, as any investment, depends on a couple of things/expectations:
- what's your budget?
- for what period of time you want to make the investment? 5, 10, 20 years?
- what is more important - the profit or the safety?

Once you clarify this, there are many investment plans, agents and offers.

Also, don't ignore investing abroad. Do a Google search for "property investment in " Spain, Cyprus, Bulgaria... There are many offers for houses facing to the sea in this growing markets. But, here the risk is higher, if you like to "have the hands on your investment".