Property Investment Guide

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Are you scared and uncertain about investing in real estate property?  Need a few easy steps and tips to help you get started?  Have you been offered to attend property investing courses that costs a couple of thousands of dollars that promises you the world?  These courses are run by very smart people!  At the end of the course, you will most likely be offered to purchase properties from the company’s own list.   Many people have fallen into this trap.  Your first steps should be to start reading some books on property investing and going to open home inspections to learn about the ‘game’ of investing.

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Are you uncertain whether the location you are interested will provide the best returns?  Are you afraid to make the first step and take the plunge into real-estate investing?

Before you start investing you should ask yourself the following questions:

1. Are you investing for capital gain OR
2. Investing for passive income
3. do you want to buy a residential home
4. do you want to buy commercial property
5. to build and sell for capital gain

You must understand that property investing is not difficult, but requires:

1. patience
2. attention to detail
3. attendance at many home inspections
4. the lingo used by real estate agents
5. understanding of the game that real estate agents play to get the vendors to offer the price they want

Easy tips on what to look for in a great deal:

1. Look for depleted and worn down properties because they are difficult for the average person to renovate and will therefore scare them off, and making your chances of getting the property easier.
2. Don’t always look at property in the newspaper because there’s more people looking at these
3. Look on the internet
4. Phone up your local agent for properties just listed and yet to be advertised
5. Ask your agent for desperate sellers
6. Place signs around public areas to seek the attention of people who may be thinking of selling their homes.

1. Ask friends and associate if they want to sell their property.  This is because if they sell directly to you and this could save you the sales agent fees.
2. Shares tips with other investors
3. Start investing in cheap property with less capital outlay
4. Look at doing some short buy non expensive courses
5. Ask friends and associates with experience to help you out
6. Don’t be afraid to ask others for both financial and for tips