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Faculties and Departments => Business & Entrepreneurship => Real Estate => Topic started by: BRE SALAM SONY on July 31, 2010, 01:59:45 PM
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Real Estate Investing Tips For Beginners Buying a property for personal use or investing in real estate involves a large capital outlay and people doing so for the first time need proper guidance in order to avoid making a mistake and losing financially. Consulting a good real estate book or experienced experts in this field are helpful options for such people. A familiar real estate agent can also be of great help. Given below are a few useful tips
One of the classic avenues of investment is real estate. The property is a tangible asset. It can be easily sold or leased. Even if you may not be able to sell the property for a prime rate, you may still get enough money to sustain itself. Do go through these real estate investing tips before you try to spend your hard earned money in real estate.
First of all you need to thoroughly back check the credentials of the seller. Remember that most of the people who claim that they suffered losses in real estate investment are because of their inability to check the background of the seller. In case of Lien sales, it becomes necessary to check the federal tax lien records so as to be sure that the property is not under lien anywhere else.
Second thing is to stay clear of those properties which can generate a negative cash flow. A a real estate investor, remember that you are investing in property to make money. While regular maintenance is fine, in case you think that you may have to pay too much to maintain the property you buy in estate forclosure, it is not such a great deal. Get a real estate evaluator and a property tax evaluator to give you some estimates about the property.
Third thing is to get in touch with the present lessee, if any. These are the people who have actually used the property and they have proper information about the property. If you want to move in the new property, they may be able to provide you a lot of basic information about the property and neighborhood. If you want to lease out, they may want to get the property on lease from you.
Fourthly, you should consider levying fair rents. There is tendency that as soon as someone purchases a property and decides to let it out, he charges rent amount that might not be suitable for the market. It is recommended to get an idea about the rent rates of the locality as well as keep in account the money you have to pay in property taxes and repayment of loans, if you took any to purchase the property.
Fifth point is to get insurance. Remember to get the house as well as the purchase process under the insurance cover. This way you can be sure that if anything untoward happens, or in case your the reposetions turn out to be complicated because of double lien, the insurance company has to step in make god all the money that you lost in the property or the deal itself.