| Today’s financial markets being highly | | | | economy and business cutbacks or otherwise. There |
| ‘volatile’, if the savvy investor wants to | | | | never has been a higher demand for rental property. |
| ensure long-term capital growth and security, he | | | | A recent United States census observes that at |
| needs to look beyond traditional financial investments, | | | | present nearly 36 million (approximately one-third) of |
| like stocks and bonds. As part of a larger, | | | | all households in the United States are occupied by |
| well-diversified portfolio, the ownership of a | | | | renters. To be more precise, about 83% of all |
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| thoughts of spending time in painting or trying to | | | | households between the age of 25 and 35. As a less |
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| novice commercial real estate investors stay away | | | | dependence of the growing population of senior |
| from an investment in apartment building. It is actually | | | | citizens on rental housing, in comparison to home |
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| apartment building investments, will completely | | | | In complete contrast to residential homes, the |
| change the way you look at this unique investment | | | | purchase price of many apartment buildings is much |
| opportunity. | | | | below the replacement cost. Well-run older apartment |
| In Warren Buffet’s famous words go thus – | | | | properties are in healthy competition with newly |
| ‘I prefer to invest in a market when there is | | | | constructed properties that, in order to cover their |
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| investment expert looks for opportunities where | | | | Moreover, the value of existing properties increase, |
| others may plan to stay away. All across the United | | | | meaning an increase in the value of your investment, |
| States, residential real estate markets are in a tailspin. | | | | when newly constructed apartment buildings come |
| In many metropolitan markets, foreclosure rates are | | | | into the picture. |
| at a record high. | | | | The fact that you will be able to leverage your |
| Whether or not there is an end in sight is | | | | investment is actually a ‘package deal’ with |
| anybody’s guess. Otherwise, rising mortgage | | | | an investment in an apartment property. Banks are |
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| decision to buy into a weak residential housing | | | | second mortgage where the existing owner holds up |
| market while prices may be declining. | | | | to 10% of the purchase price. |
| People will always need a place to live, a slowing | | | | |