Can I Still Make It in Real Estate
Every experienced real estate investor understands that to succeed in property investing you need to study special texts, learn different investing techniques and never stop searching for new information.
But what if you just recently decided to start investing?
In most cases the information presented is completely free, but in some instances you will have to provide your e-mail address.
Alex Bezborodko is owner of REIdepot.com – directory of real estate investing resources: courses, books, tapes and software rated and reviewed, plus free real estate articles, forms and message boards
One of the easiest and safest ways to start gaining real estate investment experience and some spare cash for your future deals is by bird-dogging, or in other words, providing qualified leads to more accomplished investors.
Arguably one of the most profitable ways of property investing is buying foreclosures or pre-foreclosures. A foreclosure or distressed sale begins when the owner stops making mortgage payments.
You can make hundreds of thousands of dollars by buying a run-down house at the right price, using the correct finance structure, fix it up for the least possible cost and then sell it for maximum profit, or hold and use the newfound equity to help fund your next property.
I barely scratched the surface here.
Many people plan to save their money waiting for home prices to come down to a lower level, but this is generally not a winning strategy.
Let’s look at an example – using a home valued at $300,000 in today’s market. In many areas of the country this would be the average home. And the future appreciated value of $15,000 figure does not include any potential tax savings the buyer could have gained through deducting mortgage interest. Many potential home buyers have thought that rising interest rates would serve to cool off the hot housing market, but so far that has not happened.
While there certainly are overheated housing markets out there, it is important to remember that real estate is not the same as the stock market.
In addition, there is little evidence to indicate that the prices of homes are likely to suffer a decline in the near future, and the number of homes that sell for less than their asking price is still very small. As told by Andrew Loh.
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