Comments on: Getting Started in Real Estate Investing

By: HIB

HIB — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:29:07 +0000

A lot of the common themes I’ve seen throughout the post see to stem from people problems (landlords having issues with tenants). That’s not a problem if you accept the right tenent.

Best of luck with you real estate investing!
-Dustin

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By: Quinton

Quinton — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:45:57 +0000

Please make sure that you take someone along who has the ability to checkout any property from a physical standpoint.

If you know finance, as I did, that is one part of the equation down.

But, the property MOST likely will need repairs/upgrades (If it has been a rental before.)

When I got started, I lost about $5,000 from my evaluation due to roof and misc problems.

This caused me to barely break even on the property versus earning $100 profit per month. (before any tax benefits.)

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:20:33 +0000

On the preperty analyzer spreadsheet, the tax rate used is for a single filer in 2001. Depending on what happens to the sunset provision of the 2001 tax relief act in 2010, this could be a good thing in that it predicts the near term change or a bad thing in that it underestimates the profitability if the tax rates are kept where they are now..

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By: waren's buffet

waren's buffet — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:43:17 +0000

I reside in the US, but am not an US citizen, over the past few years I have been gobbling up land/vacant plots in my home country (developing nation) and man o man the premium associated with these purchases have been SPECTACULAR. I need to dig deeper into the rental real estate market over here, wondering what kind of returns you are expecting?

By: Kendra @ Shopping for Two

Kendra @ Shopping for Two — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:48:19 +0000

Good luck with this. I’ve been interested in real estate investing for a while now, but where we live real estate is through the roof, still! We live in Sonoma, CA. It would be very hard to buy something (with our means) that would make it worth it. And we aren’t really interested in the hassle of buying something farther away that is cheaper.
Maybe it will become more feasible in the near future though, hopefully.