Investing in Real Estate

by Mary Anne Ragragio


Posted on 2019-05-21 12:40:14


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Investing in Real Estate

 

Investing in real estate is one of the most popular and profitable investment. If you want to be successful in this kind of industry, you need to know all about real estate first including the benefits you will obtain in the long term.

It is hard sometimes for us to invest our hard earned money especially in this time of unpredictable economy, however, it is also hard to spend our money to all expenses ending up to almost nothing on our savings. And so we may consider investing our money to something that is profitable. And one of the good solutions is investing in real estate.

There are lots of ways that you can benefit from investing in real estate because it is a great source of income. Since there is a big demand in properties, real estate’s value normally appreciates which possibly increase your profit. Check the advantages of investing in a real estate to know why it makes a great part of your portfolio.

  • It can be a big advantage if you find a very low price property; the result can give you a great profit in return. Some properties are for foreclosure, so what some investors do as a strategy is they buy the foreclosure property lesser than its value then resell it at a lot higher selling price.
  • Depending on how much is your starting capital; you may invest in single family homes, multi-family homes, commercial property or vacant lot. In investing in a real estate you can never get zero profit even during difficult times. But just make sure that you study everything first about real estate including its cons and pros.
  • When you have a rental property. You can use payment that you receive from your tenants to pay for your apartment’s expenses and to cover the mortgage payment. That might still leave you some money for savings. And your tenant is actually the one who actually pays your mortgage.
  • The market value of your property increases every year. That is why it’s not only locals who get interested in investing in real estate but there are also some foreign investors who invest in US real estate due to its high value of a property to appreciate.
  • It only takes at least one rental property to build a real estate business where you can obtain a rental income.

If there’s an advantage of investing in real estate, there are also some disadvantages.

  • One of which is this example; not all investors have their money ready when they want to buy the property, so they take out loans. So the outcome of this to some investors is more debt. This might happen to investors when the property bought does not sell. This might result to be stuck paying the debt until the property will be sold.
  • It requires expertise help before you jump into investing in any real estate.

 

 

This whole article is for informational purposes only should not be taken as professional advice. This is the author’s personal expression of the topic.  

 


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