Over the past years in France, due to changes, especially in credit conditions, a consensus emerged from practitioners’ literature on an ideal buy to let strategy for individuals to start real estate investment. However, this literature is unbalanced and suffers from a lack of evidence. This dissertation aims to fill this gap providing solid rationales with reference to proven economic fundamentals. Investigations rely on secondary data analysis, completed by numerical evidence. Results show that practitioners’ statements allow taking the most of actual policies, taxation, capital, and housing market conditions. Also, investigations provide an update of current housing market conditions, assessing main trends for change, and their concerns for the strategy and its durability. Findings in this concern show that these trends are predominantly aligned with strategy due to need for refurbishments, the adaptation of housing to current needs (esp. furnished housing), and potential migrations outward metropolises. Nevertheless, it also evidences the main risks for the durability of this strategy that should be monitored, especially the regulation of debt ratio calculation method. Finally, this dissertation participates in research in real estate investment in French residential market it highlights gaps in some specific points and opens the field to further researches in this field.