How Much Do I Need To Start Investing In Real Estate?

It is important for everyone to diversify their investments and one of the assets that people often look toward is real estate. In a healthy market, real estate should appreciate in value. It is often less risky than investing in individual stocks and can provide a much higher return on investment than a typical bank savings account or even a money market account. On the other hand, people often think that they require a large amount of money to even think about investing in real estate. This is not always the case. Buying Property Outright One of the most straightforward ways to get started in the real estate investing market is…
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How To Find Hot Markets For Real Estate Investment

Real estate investors who want to build up a strong investment portfolio always keep an eye out for hot markets, which gives them a chance to pick up properties that add to their portfolio value. A word of caution about hot markets is that if you learn about them after they are already hot, you may have missed much of the run-up that made them hot.  Clever real estate investors try to anticipate markets that will heat up before they do, so they can buy properties in advance of increasing values. Selling properties in a hot market is how they capture profits.  The Hot Markets Realtor.com® identified seven markets in the…
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What Is Passive Real Estate Investing?

When you are looking to purchase a home, you might be looking for a place for you and your family to live. It might surprise you to learn that not everyone who is looking for a house is necessarily in search of a place to live. Real estate is also a great way for someone to grow wealth. Furthermore, real estate is actually one of the most common ways that people become millionaires. Some of the active ways that people invest in real estate include flipping houses and renting out property. This can be time-consuming and isn't right for everyone. If you are looking for a way to make money in…
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Join Or Create A Real Estate Investors’ Pool For Fun And Profit

Many baby boomers are reaching retirement age. If they set up their financial planning well, while younger, they should have accumulated enough wealth to have some discretionary money available for making investments. Others, who may be just starting out, have some investment capital but not necessarily enough to buy a piece of commercial real estate on their own. These investors might enjoy a real estate investment pool, also called an investors' club. Pooling Resources One way to get some investment participation in real estate is to pool investment funds needed to have enough for the down payment on a piece of real estate. For example, if the down payment for acquiring…
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How To Find Motivated Sellers In Your Real Estate Market

Bargains in real estate may come from identifying motivated sellers who are willing to let a property go for less than it is really worth. Real estate investors who acquire properties at a discount from current market value enhance their success by increasing their profit potential. Real estate agents who list properties owned by motivated sellers increase their chances to sell a property quickly and have happy sellers who might refer them in the future. Here are some tips on how to find motivated sellers: Distressed Discounts A property that lists for a long time and then the listing shows a discount is a clear sign the owner is becoming motivated.…
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The Monopoly Technique – How To Build Value By Acquiring Adjacent Properties

Have you ever played the classic board game called Monopoly? The object of the game is to collect all the properties until one winner bankrupts all the other players. The other part of the game is that accumulating properties adjacent to each other increases the value of the individual properties. When a player acquires all the properties of the same color (two or three), then the rents go up and property development can begin. The Monopoly Game In Real Life The same basic principles sometimes work in real life. Owning a property and then buying the one next door creates a value-added possibility of the combined properties being worth more than…
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