Monday, February 9, 2009

Real Estate Investing Guide


To find the success in real estate investing, it is very important for anyone to have a fair picture about what you want to do. If the picture is clear to you then you can go ahead with your money to invest in real estate. Here you must have or must determine your financial goal. You should have one thing clear in your mind that whether you need profit in short term or in long term.
When you have decided to invest in real estate, the first thing you need to decide whether you want immediate profit or profit later. Whether you want to purchase a property and rent it out for a monthly income or you want to purchase a property and resell if for quick profit?
See one example of short-term investment deal. Suppose you have found one home which cost $110,000 but it has a current market value of $130,000. Here if you purchase the home with the cost of $110,000 and sell it for $125,000, then you can immediately earn profit of $15,000. If the whole process ends within the time period of 3 months then it will be called as “flipping properties” and it is very much a short-term investment.
Another type of investment is long-term investment where you purchase a property and then repair it, renovate it to sell later with good amount of profit. For example, you purchase a property at $70,000 and invest another $30,000 in renovations. Now if you can sell the property after few months or years at a cost of $110,000, you can have a profit of $40,000.
So, if you want to invest your money in real estate then find the appropriate type of investment suited to you.

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