is it flipping? Zoning change? Multi-unit?.... I don't where to start. What is the best way?
2007-01-02 12:36:19 · 7 answers · asked by Leveled Fellow 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
I think the best way is through Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). These are companies that own real estate, but trade like stocks. They typically pay 90% of their earnings out to shareholders in the form of dividends. Here is a portfolio of some interesting REITs (including mortgage REITs):
http://www.top10traders.com/ViewPortfolio.aspx?userID=565
This is from http://www.top10traders.com - this is a free site that lets you create a portfolio of stocks with $100,000 in "play" money. Each day the site ranks the best performing portfolios, so you can see how your picks perform compared to other investors.
Types of REITs:
http://www.sec.gov/answers/reits.htm
Hope this helps
2007-01-02 13:10:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-29 05:14:42 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Today? I think the best way is to wait for the bottom to drop out of this market, and buy from distressed sellers for 20 cents on the dollar. OK, maybe I'd be willing to pay 50 cents on the dollar, but not much more than that. The key to success in real estate is buying at the right price, and the right price is normally a lot less than you'd think.
2007-01-02 14:36:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have tried it all and found good single family homes on the NW corner of growing towns are a shoo-in!
Negotiate hard and make a lot of lower but reasonable bids with "10 days to decide".
Buy the worst looking house on the best looking street. That way every dollar spent to--doll it up-- is worth four dollars or more!
Get and keep impeccable credit. Borrow and buy homes with cash-you usually have to pitch in 15% and the bank finances 85%.
Don't flip them--fix them up and rent them.
Then go get another and do the same thing.
As they pay off, fix them up again at this point and sell them and keep and finance the note yourself!
These simple instructions allowed me to retire early in life and the notes on the sold houses are a stream of income to live on...Get about 10 or 12 totally paid for and then sold to folks on individual 20 year notes and you can start looking to retire, if you want to.
2007-01-02 13:16:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT).
S&P says that office REITs will be fairly stable, so you won't likely lose much on them. BXP (Boston Properties) is selling at a pretty consistent upward trend, made about $7.92 per share with a P/E of about 14 (so it isn't over-priced), and sells for somewhere around $111 a share (market capitalization of about 13 billion and assets, or book, of almost $9 billion).
Some others are ABR, ADC, AEC, etc. (there is a pile of them, so go shopping).
2007-01-02 12:52:36 · answer #5 · answered by Rabbit 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lots of folks that can't afford their Arms is one way. There are so many ways. If you are looking for a real estate mentor / education, http://rei.networthusa.com
-Angela
2007-01-05 11:44:54 · answer #6 · answered by Biancoa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy your own home if you don't have one already.
2007-01-02 12:46:42 · answer #7 · answered by nickfromct 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋