Every
now and then persons trying to make up their minds where to put their money ask
me if real estate ventures are more or less profitable, compared to other
businesses opportunities around.
My
response is always that apart from its potential for yielding significant
profits, investing in real estate often confers long terms benefits.
I
discuss five such advantages below:
1. You Can Refurbish (to Enhance the Value of) Real Estate
After
you buy a stock, you hold it for a period of time and hopefully sell it for a
profit. The success of the stock depends on company management and their
corporate success, which is out of your control.
Unlike
other conventional investment instruments, like stocks, for instance, whose
rate of returns, depend on third parties (e.g. company management), real estate
investments are directly under your control.
Even
though you will not be able to control changes that may occur in demographic
and economic aspects, or impact of nature induced changes, there are many other
aspects that you can control, to boost the returns on your investment in it.
Examples
include aspects relating to adding repairs, or improvements/enhancements to the
physical property and tenants you allow to live in it.
If
you do it right, the value of your investment will grow, resulting in increased
wealth for you.
2. Real Estate Investing, When Done Right, is Proven to be
Profitable Even During a Recession (like the one we're in right now)
It
has on several occasions, been used to effect a bail out, from financial
setbacks, such as those that many have experienced during the economic downturn
happening in Nigeria today.
A
considerable number of clients have confided in me that due to the present
economic situation, they are not sure of profitable channels to invest their
money. Some of them are done with bonds and treasury bills, but are in dire
need of a new investment.
We
had extensive discussions, and based on my expertise as a real estate
consultant, I recommended landed property investment, as the most suitable and
secure alternative channel of investment.
Not
surprisingly, the client chose to take my advice - and signed up: it was the
obvious, common sense thing to do!
3. Real Estate Investments Are Immune to Inflation
In
other words, investing your money in ownership of viable real estate can
protect you from the harsh effects that inflation usually has on other
conventional investments.
This
is because the value of real estate generally tends to rise in positive
correlation with inflationary pressures. This is why property values and rental
rates go up with rising inflation.
The
nature of real estate, therefore affords owners the unique advantage of being
able to adjust the rates they offer, to match inflation.
Monthly
rents for example can be raised to compensate for inflation - thus providing a
cushion effect against inflation induced losses that other monetary investments
suffer.
4. Real Estate is Uniquely for Being Universally Acceptable
as Collateral, Towards Securing Funding from Banks
Today,
real estate in form of either building or lands, with proper titles (i.e.
Certificate of Occupancy - aka "C of O") is the most recognized and
accepted form of collateral in Nigeria - and some other parts of the world.
It
has the unique feature of being able to protect the interests of both the
borrower and the bank (that's doing the lending), so that funds can be released
i.e. after due verification, and terms and conditions are agreed.
This
is one of the key advantages a private C of O has over the global C of O,
because the former (i.e. private C of O) is what will be needed by the
intending borrower, in the event of any future financial dealings with bank in
Nigeria.
5. Real Estate Investing Allows Use of Other People's Money
In
other words, you can do it even if you do not have enough money. You just need
to know how.
This
is possible because real estate is physical property or what is called a hard
asset. That is an attribute that makes it attractive to financiers i.e. people
with money to invest.
This
is why many times real estate products are bought with debt - unlike
conventional investment products like stocks which are NOT tangible, and
therefore perceived as being more risky to invest in.
So
real estate investment can be done using cash or mortgage financing. In the
latter case, payments can be so arranged to allow payment of low initial sums,
provided by you or a willing third party.
Those
payments will be happening on landed property which will continue increasing in
value throughout the duration of such payments - and indeed beyond. That
further inspires confidence in the minds of those financing the acquisition,
that their investment is safe.
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