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Posted on 02 May 2010.
Real estate investing has long been a viable way to invest money and make a decent profit. Many people consider investing a “do-it-yourself” route to invest their money. Countless well-known millionaires and billionaires became wealthy by successfully investing their money into real estate ventures.
Sadly, investing in real estate can be a gamble for many people. A lack of fundamental knowledge in the market you are investing in can seriously hinder your odds of coming out on top. Too many folks invest relying on hunches and emotion without proper help, knowledge or a real goal in mind.
A risk free investment is hard to find, but there is a way to invest easily into real estate with small or no market knowledge. Joint Venture Investments are a safer way to invest your money if you have a sound partner. Working with an experienced investor where you both share an interest in the profits as well as the losses, minimizes risks.
It’s vital to remember that no matter how fantastic the ‘expert’ sounds, you need to conduct your own due diligence to make certain that they know what they are doing, have a proven track record and are in fact there to make a win-win for the both of you. You can do this by speaking to past partners and having your lawyer look over all legal documents for a second opinion.
Typical Joint Venture Partnerships, commonly known as JVs, are set up between someone who lacks the time or expertise to invest, often referred to as the ‘money partner’, and the expert, often referred to as the ‘finder’, who is looking to leverage his experience by providing the knowledge, skill and work needed to make a profitable investment.
A joint venture partnership is an entity formed between two or more people to invest in a specific business or property opportunity. A money partner may be ‘silent’ and simply provide the capital needed to get started whereas the real estate expert conducts all the research, tenanting, market timing and day-to-day management of the property. This is a desirable way for less experienced investors to undertake their first few real estate investments. The risks are reduced and beginners can grow their money while learning how to invest, and make a decent profit in the process.
How joint venture partnership investments benefit you:
Joint venture investments help you realize more value for your money and time because you can leverage your capital further with the knowledge and expertise that an expert brings to the table.
Experts are guides as well as efficient advisors that take your real estate investments to a new level of profitability.
Joint ventures provide a sense of security: if the joint investor is an expert with a solid, reputable background of real estate deals and a excellent investment portfolio, this reduces your risk.
Real Estate experts can define a location and strategy for your investments and analyze the market to suit your future needs.
Real Estate experts can help plot your investments by working with and leveraging the capital you have available. JV pros will have an assortment of techniques and systems to get more bang for your buck.
Although joint venture investments are not to be considered risk free they are a convenient and valuable way to pour your capital into a secure investment. Using the services of a real estate investment expert is a excellent option when you are not sure about which investment scenario to use or how to make the most lucrative investment in terms of profitability and reliability. Investing in real estate remains the most viable investment for leveraging your money, reducing taxes and potential returns far exceed most other assets available.
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Posted on 30 April 2010.
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Posted on 30 April 2010.
It is fantastic that many people are now searching for excellent financial advice. With past generations, the typical financial advice passed down from parents to children was: buy a home, pay it off as quickly as possible and then – if you are really excellent at managing your money – buy an investment property.
Unfortunately, there are still a lot of people who reckon this is the safest and smartest way of increasing their wealth. Banks are still encouraging their mortgagees to pay off their homes “in only 8 years!”. There are even investment books that herald how quickly you can pay off your mortgage. Just follow these steps. But it’s the incorrect long-term investment strategy. It always was and still is today.
Why? Because, firstly, you have broken the first and most vital rule of investing: Don’t place all your eggs in one basket. Excellent investors know and apply the rules of diversification. What happens if the property market falls? What happens if interest rates rise? Excellent investors know that residential property is the lowest performing category in the property sector. And then of course, there are all the problems associated with maintaining excellent tenancies and avoiding cashflow problems.
So what are the basics of sound, practical and realistic investing? Risk, return and timeframes.
RISK
All investments incur varying amounts of risk. This is caused by many factors: inflation, economic downturns, interest rate changes, movements in the market, incorrect market timing, not diversifying your portfolio, borrowing risks or simply choosing the incorrect investments.
But the excellent news is – risk can be managed. Excellent financial plotting always includes plotting for risk. The steps include:
1 Determining your risk profile
2 Understanding the risk levels of each investment asset class
3 Determining your timeframes
4 Making a solid overall plot
5 Reviewing your plot at regular intervals
RETURN
There is an ancient, yet generally right saying in investing: The greater the return, the higher the risk – or loss of your investment. But, when you establish a calculated plot that allows for risk management, you can plot for the level of risk involved.
There is also many factors to be considered in the relationship between risk and return: The higher the small-term risk, the greater potential return in the long term. That is why assets such as shares, which may wildly fluctuate in the small-term, predictably outperformed other asset classes in the long term.
So, what constitutes return? When we talk about return on your investment we refer to the increase (or decrease – negative return) you receive from that investment. This arises from two sources: distributions (from either interest income or dividends paid) or capital growth of the asset.
TIMEFRAMES
Once you have an understanding of the relationships between risk and returns on investments, you can see how vital it is to plot, set and maintain the right timeframes.
The timeframe is the essential glue that holds the financial plot together. Get them incorrect and your whole plot falls apart. Get them right and your plot should purr along nicely, with only the minimum review.
THE 8TH WONDER OF THE WORLD
John D. Rockerfeller called Compound Interest the 8th Wonder of the World and for excellent reason too. Compound interest refers to the cumulative effect of re-investing the interest or returns that you receive on your investment. Interest is then paid on both the original sum invested and the accumulated interest. This has a major impact on the growth of your investments.
For example, if you invested 20,000 and received 10% interest per annum – not compounded – in 20 years you have the original $20,000 plus $40,000 in interest, equalled to a total of $60,000 at the end of the 15 year period. But, if you used the same scenario but compounded your interest, i.e. reinvested it back into the investment, you would have over $146,500.
Also, the more you add to your investments over that period of time, the greater your investment will grow. For example, if you added an additional $200 per month, you will have doubled that amount to $298,000.
When investing, it is therefore critical to the growth of your principle sum to ensure that the returns from your investment are compounded and, if possible, keep adding additional payments as you go. This, of course, is simpler when you are within your working years. Later when you retire, you will be expecting to live off the returns from your investment and, therefore, the compounding effect will lose its effect.
Also, it is vital to point out that the longer you invest and the sooner you start has a profound effect on the total sum you will have to retire on. A regular saving plot that quickly converts your savings into investments is the best strategy to follow, particularly for newcomers and novices to the investment scene, or for those who do not have a lot of cash reserves to start with.
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Posted on 06 April 2010.
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