Investing in real estate

There are truths about investing and making money. Most people have heard them, or read them in the past, but many of us choose not to believe them, or to not follow the advice that they convey.

* There is an investment that, over the long term, ALWAYS increases in value. That investment is real estate. Barring a disaster affecting a large section of the economy or society, the value of real estate, over the long term, will always increase.

* Berkshire-Hathaway has proved that buy-and-hold techniques in the stock market can work. However, holding onto shares over a long period of time leaves an investor exposed to risk. Company management will change over time -- shrewd managers and leaders may leave a company only to be replaced by those less diligent, or less able, or even less honest. Technology is in constant change -- a company whose shares you're holding on to may suddenly find itself with obsolete technology with no way to catch up. Remember what happened to Polaroid and their instant cameras?

* More people are being born every day. More people are immigrating from overseas. People need places to live. Unless we get hit with a worldwide economic depression, most people will have the money needed to rent or buy a place to live. Therefore, demand will always be increasing. Prices always go up when demand increases.

* No one is making any more land. And, with the clear need to maintain if not expand our current "green spaces" to help combat pollution and global warming, there soon will be significantly less undeveloped land available for real estate investors to develop. Increased demand ALWAYS means an increase in prices.

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.

As in everything, there is always some element of risk. The same applies to investing in real estate. Growth in real estate investing is almost always long term. You need to make sure that you can withstand some short-term "pain" in order to earn that long-term gain.

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!

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Fran Woodner is a freelance writer who frequently writes on real estate investing, and home business ideas.
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