Real Estate - A Comfortable Way To Retire
Friday, November 03, 2006
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, real estate investing has
made over 4 million millionaires in the United States alone.
This is about 4% of the population.
Investing in real estate offers numerous benefits, such as
asset appreciation, quick low-investment yet high profit
transactions, cash flow, security, long-term, wealth, and
numerous tax benefits, just to name a few - oh, and don't
forget the most important aspect - it can make you rich and add
you to the 4% who living the good life.
Real estate investing is something that anyone can learn and
prosper at regardless of age, gender, religion, race, education
or family background, and it can even be done while working at a
completely different occupation. You can begin with virtually no
out-of-pocket start up costs, and work from your home full-time
or part-time. Real estate is one the few occupations left where
the little guy can start with virtually nothing and still strike
it rich!
Real estate investing is better than any other form of
investing, even better than the stock market. Yes, you might be
thinking this can't be true, but it is. You see, so much
emphasis is put on the stock market by the media and financial
institutions that many people don't realize that it is not the
only investment option available, and that in fact, it is
probably the riskiest.
Let's use an example to clarify this. Suppose you invested
$100,000 in the stock market. What will you actually have in
your hand at the end of the deal? Nothing more than a paper
certificate saying you own x number of shares in xyz company.
Now what happens if that company goes bust? Your certificate is
worthless and your money is gone.
Real estate is a much safer investment and generally
outperforms the stock market. Sure, the real estate market
booms and slumps occasionally, but each slump is guaranteed to
be followed by a boom that ends up being higher than the
previous one. And even in the bottom of the slump, what do you
have? Not a worthless piece of paper, but a solid piece of the
planet earth. Even if your house burns down you still have the
real estate underneath it. This is the solidity that is real
estate investing. Nothing can take that piece of land away from
you. You are solely responsible for its use and how you profit
from it; whereas in the stock market you are relying on
complete strangers to make you money.
The other huge advantage of real estate investing is that,
quite simply, they have stopped making land, and everyone needs
a place to live, so as the population increases, so too does the
demand for land and housing. This is great news for investors
because real estate will continue to offer one of the best
investment opportunities for many years to come, as demand
forces prices to increase.
So how do you plan for retirement? Relying on social security
alone will lead you directly to the poor house. Consider real
estate investing and guarantee a thriving income stream long
into retirement.
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posted by Dennis Cheesman @ 6:48 AM,
