Real Estate is currently reaching some of the lowest prices in the United States in 16 years. This gets you thinking that now is the time to become a real estate investor. You will need to think long and hard unless you have contacts to make it in this business. This is a business that I have looked at as an opportunity and unless you can commit full time hours to it, you may be disappointed.

I do not mean to dissuade you from this business, however it is not as easy as some of the infomercials you see on TV touting the easy no money down methods. You are working in a market where the competition is fierce. Though you can learn the mechanics of this business from these courses however you will get most of your learning and knowledge from experience. This is where it can get tricky and lost money if you are not prepared correctly into this market.

The first decision you need to make is are you a “flipper” or a “landlord”. The flipper is a person that basically buys low and turns the property in question around to sell high. This usually involves making improvements or an investment in the property to make a higher sales price then you purchased it for. The best thing you can do here to understand this business is to watch the TV shows that are abundant on cable TV where they actually follow people that do this for a living. You will live their experiences of the trials they go through to improve a property and then sell it. You need to have a healthy cash flow for this business as something is always going to go wrong and delays are inevitable.

The key here is to ensure you have enough financing to carry you through the completion of the project in order to flip it. You may go several months’ spending money on mortgage payments, taxes, and improvements before you see a profit. This can be in the area of $50,000 dollars minimum cash flow that you will need to be in this business.
It can be very fun and profitable, however watch the TV shows so you better understand the process many of these investors face.

The other way to be in the real estate business is as a landlord. Here you will purchase a property and rent it at a rate that is higher than the mortgage payment. Depending on the area of the country you do this in this may only result in a profit of $300 a month after all expenses, which is the difference between the mortgage and the rent. If you intend to hold on the property for a lengthy period of time then you rewards can be greatly enhanced when it comes time to sell and this profit can be in the thousands of dollars at the close of the sale. However this may take a minimum of 5 years to see substantial profit. The positive though of this method is someone has been paying the bills on your investment.

Real estate investing is a complex way to make money and cannot be covered in this article in its entirety. However I have provided a roadmap of where to start and thinking about your goals from this endeavor. The one most important thing to remember is location, location, and location.

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