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Make money in real estate

By: F. R. Woodner

Everyone has heard of the following axioms when it comes to investing and making money. But few people have actually taken the advice to heart and followed through in order to achieve their goals.

* Different investment fads may come and go, but only one form of investment always goes up in value over the long term. That form of investment is real estate.

* Long term investing in stocks CAN show increases in value. Just look at the Berkshire Hathaway group of companies. To deny their success is foolishness. BUT, in most cases buying and selling stocks is risky and does not guarantee a long term increase in value. Any sudden change in tastes or technology can cause a sure winner of a company to cease to exist in months if not weeks. For example, just how many buggy whip manufacturers are there? There used to thousands.

* The population of the country is continuing to grow. They all need places to live. Barring an economic disaster, most people will have the money to either buy or rent their own apartment or house. Therefore, demand for real estate will ALWAYS increase. Increased demand ALWAYS means an increase in prices.

* There is a limit on the amount of land available to be developed. As one real estate investor once said "Nobody is making new land". Environmental challenges will force governments to increase the amount of "green space" there is. Eventually, there will be a scarcity of undeveloped land on which to build. Scarcity causes prices to go up too.

Almost anyone can invest in real estate. If you own your own home, you've already started investing in real estate. And that's the easiest way to get started. Repair your finances and buy your own home or apartment instead of renting. The value of the house that you buy will end up being worth for more than you paid once it's time to sell.

There are a number of different ways that would-be real estate investors can get into "the business". If you already own your own home, and your finances are good, you can find the real estate niche that you're most comfortable with, and start investing. Finding fixer-uppers, buying foreclosures, or buying from "motivated" sellers are ways of investing in real estate at a bargain price. Flip the property or rent it out to others -- the choice is yours.

Investing in any form has a degree of risk. So does real estate investing. Some areas are seeing house prices fall, and the number of houses in foreclosure has gone up. This is just a temporary situation. As we've already seen, in the long term, real estate MUST go up in value.

Learn everything you can before you try and "do your first deal". Plan carefully, get advice from professionals and experts, and you should end up becoming a successful real estate investor. Good luck!

Article Source: http://www.simplepetcare.com/pet-articles

Freelance writer Fran Woodner writes on real estate investing, and personal finances.
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