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Why Invest in Real Estate?

The first and perhaps the most powerful advantage of real estate investing is LEVERAGE.  Financial leverage occurs when a comparatively small amount of cash (down payment) controls a large asset (real estate property).  Real estate investors have made millions of dollars every year using the same financial power used by businesses.  MORE

APPRECIATION is the increase in value of any asset (real estate investaments or other investments) over time. In real estate investing, it  is the amount by which real estate’s selling price exceeds its initial purchase price. MORE

OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY (OPM) is when others pay for your real estate investment, fully or in part.  The enormous leverage in real estate is obtained with OPM.  OPM for real estate investing can come from a variety of sources, the most common being a bank.  MORE

INFLATION is the increase in the price of all goods and services, meaning a decrease in the purchasing power  - getting less for your dollar. Anyone owning real estate, not just real estate investors, benefit from long term owning of real estate.  MORE

TAXES: You can reap huge profits as your real estate investment appreciates, even after an adjustment for inflation.  However, not all real estate investments are equal in the eyes of the IRS, how your real estate investments are taxed can make a big difference in your wealth. MORE

Another big advantage of real estate investing is your ability to access the EQUITY in your investment.  Equity in your real estate investment is the difference between the market value of the real estate and the claims held against it.  Unfortunately, unrealized equity is not working to make you more money.  You can leverage other assets with realized equity to make you rich! MORE

Another unique and huge real estate investing advantage is the ability to DEPRECIATE your real estate investment even while the value of the asset is increasing!  Depreciation represents a cost of ownership and the consumption of an asset's useful life, increasing free cash flow. MORE

The final real estate investor's advantage is subtler than the others but makes a significant difference for many real estate investors: MANAGEMENT.  By management, we mean having control of your future and not leaving it in the hands of CEOs or investment advisors.  Managing your real estate investments is a key to financial success.  MORE

SUMMARY - Why Invest in Real Estate

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ARTICLES:

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Do You Know What's on a Dollar Bill? 

Why Invest in Real Estate?

Is Real Estate Investing for You?

Real Estate Fiction or Fact

Financing Options - Real Estate Investors Need to Be Creative!

Tips on Real Estate Investing with Nothing Down

Loan Modification

Real Estate Foreclosure - What is it?

Maximize Your Real Estate Wealth;

Avoid Rehabbing Pitfalls;

Tax Liens and Deeds

What No One Ever Tells You about Investing in Real Estate:

Real-Life Advice from 101 Successful Real Estate Investors:  Real estate investing can be complex. New and seasoned real estate investors make mistakes. Learn words of real estate investing wisdom gained through experience from successful real-life real estate investors nationwide.

Great Big Book on Real Estate Investing: Everything You Need to Know to Create Wealth in Real Estate

This how-to book examines almost every kind of real estate investing.

The No-Nonsense Real Estate Investors Kit:

How You Can Double Your Income with Real Estate Investing on a Part-Time Basis
Detailed, step-by-step, and practical advice for both beginning and experienced real estate investors who want to join the ranks real estate millionaires.

Is Real Estate for You?

For many years now, plenty of people who are wealthy have gotten that way through real estate investing.  Real estate investments are one of the things that can bring ongoing financial profits every month.  When real estate investments appreciate, your real estate investment becomes that much more important and profitable.

There are many things you need to consider if you are interested in investing in real estate, in particular residential real estate.  There is no doubt that you can be very wealthy with residential real estate.  However, you will have to stay in real estate for the long haul in order to make residential real estate investing work for you.

So, instead of saving, some people will go ahead and get a loan in order to start their real estate investing.  Some experts say that it is better to wait and save your money first.  This way, the monthly income that comes in from your real estate will go to you instead of the lender.  You will also be able to build wealth faster by paying the entire amount in cash.

However, it is still possible that a bank will loan you the money you need in order to purchase real estate.  If you go this route, make sure that you have some backup funds in the event you get in a financial rut.  At least you will still be able to pay on the real estate loan.

Of course, the better situation is to have all of the money up front and pay cash outright for the real estate property.  After that, you would only be responsible for repairs, maintenance, taxes, insurance and other miscellaneous items.

When considering a property for real estate investment purposes, you will need to know how much it will cost you in taxes.  Every year, you will have to pay this or you could find yourself with a lien on your home.  In addition to that, you will need to determine a monthly rent amount for whomever you allow to stay there.

Some real estate investors will go through a real estate rental or management company to secure tenants, collect rents, and handle tenant issues.  This can release some of the duties from your schedule.  On the other hand, you will have to shell out more money to the real estate company for outsourcing.

Only when you are financially able, should you invest in real estate.  It is good learning experience for beginning real estate investors to manage your own real estate investment.

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What About Real Estate Investing?:

A Realistic Guide - Make Monthly Income And Profits From Real Estate Investing

Kiplinger's Practical Guide to Investing:

How to Make Money With Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds, and Real Estate Investing
Explains how to be a successful investor.

Value Investing in Real Estate
outlines a safe and rewarding way to plan for your retirement and increase your income using real estate investing.

How to Get Started in Real Estate Investing

Explains how to take advantage of real estate investment opportunities, discussing how to find and evaluate properties.

Nothing Down for Women; The Smart Woman's Quick-Start Guide to Real Estate Investing

Real estate investing is a great way for women to work for themselves and achieve life-transforming financial success.

Confessions of a Real Estate Mini-Mogul:

How to Succeed in Real Estate Investing Despite Ghosts, Pitbulls, Annoying Tenants, and the Government

Real Estate Investing: Fact or Fiction?

Real Estate Investing Fiction:  Real estate investing will make you rich over night
Real Estate Investing Fact: Real estate investors need time to learn and take action; and it requires time to find and acquire real estate investments

Real Estate Investing Fiction:  Real estate investing is easy
Real Estate Investing Fact: If real estate investing were easy all real estate investors would be a millionaires.  It takes education and practice to become proficient.  Once you find your real estate investor preference, focus and learn how to make it work for you, real estate investing can be very profitable.

Real Estate Investing Fiction:  You do not need money to invest in real estate
Real Estate Investing Fact: To be a successful at real estate investing, you need to learn and education is going to cost you.  Next, money is needed to procure real estate investments - gas money and earnest money are examples.  it is not necessary for real estate investors to use their own money, but money is needed.

Real Estate Investing Fiction:  Finding real estate that has been on the market for a long time means real estate investors have more room to negotiate
Real Estate Investing Fact: Usually real estate that has been on the market a long time means the seller is sticking to a price and is in no hurry to sell.  It may also mean there is something very wrong with the real estate and it would not be a deal at any price.

Real Estate Investing Fiction: Don’t buy until the market bottoms and never buy at the top
Real Estate Investing Fact: Nobody knows ahead of time where the top or bottom of the real estate market is.  Only hindsight can give real estate investors that information.  If the numbers work, it's a deal.

Real Estate Investing Fiction: Real estate investors should not put a contract on a property until they have funding.
Real Estate Investing Fact:  If there is a good real estate deal, there will be other real estate investors willing to lend or partner on the deal.

Real Estate Investing Fiction: Real estate investing takes too much time
Real Estate Investing Fact:  Different types of real estate investing take different amounts of time.  Looking for ugly houses can be a family activity on the weekend.  Many real estate investors use the computer almost exclusively.  How many hours do you spend in front of the TV?  

Real Estate Investing Fiction: Real estate courses on TV and the internet don’t work
Real Estate Investing Fact:  If you believe it, it is true; but if you are willing to learn, there is value.  No one book or course can teach real estate investors everything and there are always gaps. All potential real estate investors come from different backgrounds and no one real estate program will work for everyone.  Each real estate investment program, book, etc has valuable real estate investing information in it.  Learn what you can from it, try it.  The biggest reason real estate courses and seminars do not work is that potential real estate investors do not start.

Real Estate Investing Fiction:  There are so many experienced real estate investors looking for deals that new real estate investors will not be able to find a good real estate investment.
Real Estate Investing Fact:  There are more than enough real estate investment   properties to go around.  Remember, there are a lot of want-to-be real estate investors who talk a lot, but do little.  

Real Estate Investing Fiction: Real estate investing is risky
Real Estate Investing Fact:  Real estate investing is one of the safest investments if real estate investors do proper due diligence to make sure the numbers work.  Real estate investing gives real estate investors more control than any other investment.  Real estate investing is risky if real estate investors buy indiscriminately.

Real Estate Investing Fiction:  Real estate investors need to learn everything before they invest
Real Estate Investing Fact: Basic real estate investing knowledge is necessary, but no real estate investor knows everything.  It is learn as you go to a certain extent.  Real estate investment portfolios will grow with knowledge and time, but only if the real estate investor takes action.

Real Estate Investing Fiction:  I am in the wrong market for real estate investing.
Real Estate Investing Fact: Truth is, there are great real estate investment opportunites in any market - just a little harder to find.  If real estate investors feel it is a bad real estate investment market, they will stay away and the real estate invesment deals go undiscovered.

Real Estate Investing Fiction:  There are good and bad places for real estate investing.
Real Estate Investing Fact: This is both true and false.  Real estate investors can find great real estate investment opportunities "bad" area and terrible real estate investment deals in great areas.  real estate investors need to look at the immediate neighborhood, not the big picture.

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Investing in Income Properties
  A cogent and well organized presentation of the principles of real estate investing.

Real Estate for Real People:

A Guide to Achieving Profitability in Residential Real Estate Investing

Millionaire Real Estate Mentor

Through savvy real estate investing and the basic principles of entrepreneurship, experienced and novice real estate investors alike can find financial freedom with real estate investing