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Why Invest In Real Estate

The easy answer to why invest in Real Estate is that it is Real Property.   Real Estate is something you can own, touch, live in, improve, and resell.   Real Estate increases at a slower rate sometimes than some other investments but it rarely goes down (Real Estate decreased nationwide only 2 years out of the last 40 - this year being one of the two.).  

It is probably the safest investment on earth!

It is something we all understand to some degree because we all live in Homes.

It is something everyone needs!

Because it is such a safe investment - it can be leveraged thru the use of mortgage loans!  

A couple of friends and I have started Home Investment Forums designed to create a community of people interested in investing in Homes and other forms of Real Estate.   We have designed them so that they are not just sales plugs but are a free resource for individuals interested in ways to invest and captilize on the investments they already have.  We feel like there is a need for this as most of the investment forums are geared too heavily toward self promotion and don't give an opportunity to interact naturally with other investors and professionals.   These forums will include on going disscussions about acquisition, legal issues, investment strategies, landlording, books and educational resources, selling strategies and other matters the communties are interested in.    They will also contain libraries of investor related articles designed to be free resources to kick start home investment opportunities.   One National Real Estate Forum and one local Georgia Real Estate Forum are already operating. 



Check these great sites for general Real Estate News or Fort Benning GA News

Why leverage Real Estate

One of the great things about investing in Real Estate is the ability to leverage the investment. Most of you are probably familiar with this but just in case - let me explain why this is an advantage.

Lets say we have $40,000 to invest.

1) We buy $40,000 in stock and we have a good year. Stocks increase 10%. Our investment is now worth $44,000. We have made 10% on our invesment. This is good.

2) We take our $40,000 and put the money down as a 20% downpayment on $200,000 dollars worth of Real Estate. The value goes up the national norm of 5%/year. We have made $10,000 on our investment. This is 25% on our investment. This is much better.

3) We buy real estate and only put down 5% this time. With our $40,000 we can now buy $800,000 dollars worth of Real Estate. The value goes up the national norm or 5%. This is a $40,000 increase in value. We make 100% on our investment in one year. This is awesome!

Pretty easy to see why Real Estate is such a strong investment! Critics will say that I have to pay interest on the money borrowed. They are right! This will decrease the profits on the above examples to only 17% and 93%. Both of these still beat the 10% earned in stocks. I do believe in having a balanced portfolio of investments but logically Real Estate should represent a heavy portion of that portfolio.

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We sell Real Estate in the following areas:
Homes for sale in Auburn
Homes in Fort Benning
Homes in Phenix City
Realtor in Columbus Ga.
Destin FL Real Estate
Warner Robins Homes
Home Builders in Phenix City

Recently Fort Mitchell AL Homes are very popular close to Fort Benning but I think it remains to be seen if these homes will become great investments or not......

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Hi!  I am Wayne Long.  Along with my wife Donna we are Realtors in the Columbus GA, Phenix City AL, Fort Benning, and Auburn AL. We combine Hi-Tech... more »

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