by: Jeanette Joy Fisher
If you're thinking about investing in real estate to make money, you need to first determine your financial goals. Do you need to make money quickly, invest for your children's college fund, or build wealth for your retirement? Once you determine your financial goals, you need to decide which type of investing strategy works for you.
Make Money in Real Estate - Fast Cash Strategy
If you're low on cash, get started by finding a bargain house and selling the contract to another real estate investor. Join a real estate investing club to find investors willing to pay you for finding good deals.
Make Money in Real Estate - Income Property Strategy
If you want to increase your monthly income, look for income property that returns a positive net income from month to month. Start with single family house. Look for a bargain below market value. Fix up the house to generate top rental income. Find houses that will rent for more than your mortgage payment. You may need to go out from your home area to a location that supports this type of return on your money. You can't pay $300,000 for a home with a mortgage of $1,500 that only rents for $1,000. You might start with a home for around $300,000 that rents for $1,750. You will need good credit to get a loan with good interest rates. In a few years, your rental income should go up. Many real estate investors enjoy thousands of dollars each month generated by income property.
However, some investors don't like dealing with tenants and prefer to make money in other real estate ventures.
Make Money in Real Estate - Investment Property Strategy
If you want to make money focusing on profits, investment property offers a different strategy. Instead of worrying about rental income, look for property that you can transform and sell or property that will appreciate significantly over time. Besides fixing a house up, you can transform a property by changing it. For instance, some investors buy apartment buildings and turn them into condominiums. Many investors speculate in land and make money by holding the land until new development in the area increases the value.
Examine your financial situation along with your long term goals. You can get started by flipping properties, move onto income properties, and then make larger profits with investment properties. You might end up using a combination of all three strategies to make money investing in real estate.
About the author:
Jeanette Fisher teaches how to find, finance, fix and sell. Free e-books "Credit Tips" http://worryfreecredit.com/ "Flipping Houses" at http://doghousetodollhousefordollars.com/ Copyright © Jeanette J. Fisher
Nice post,
BalasHapusInvesting in real estate should be a pleasurable and profitable activity. Making money with real estate investing requires a good well through out strategy and game plan. Spending time dwelling on the big picture when you are in the middle of a real estate deal will help you get a sense of perspective so that you do not get lost in the deal to forget the reason why you are involved in it in the first place.
Note this is only one method that you can use to make money with real estate investing other profitable strategies include doing up and flipping and no money down strategies. The key is to find one that makes the most sense to you and one that you think that you can use and apply on a consistent basis.