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Among the simplest ways to get in the real estate business is via wholesale real estate investing. It simply requires you to seek out a less expensive property for sale and look for a buyer who is willing to buy it immediately. This would grant you a quick profit the second the sale is done.
Whether you are considering wholesale real estate investing a business or perhaps just a temporary means to earn cash quick, take some time to get to know the strategy first. Understand that there are positive aspects as well as disadvantages in this method. It is essential that you are aware of all these so you can make a practical choice that you wouldn’t feel sorry about afterwards.
There are lots of advantages of wholesale real estate investing. It does not involve a great deal of money and it does not necessitate that you possess certificates or special degrees. Since wholesale lets you market properties right away, you can do it even with very little cash on hand.
This strategy is considered extremely low risk. There is not any threat in losing much money since the wholesaler doesn’t have to purchase the property. He creates an offer to buy it at a given price and when the seller agrees, he makes it under contract.
The wholesaler appears with the funds either by himself or from another party. In this case, if he’s got a readily available buyer then he doesn’t need to shell out cash. If ever the wholesaler ceases to come up with the cash at the agreed time, the contract will just be nullified. There aren’t any legal effects on that case.
In addition, wholesale doesn’t require you to reconstruct or maintain the property. You do not have management work to accomplish. Every deal is a one-time transaction that is fast and provides swift profit.
However, there are a few downsides you have to consider. The first one on your list is that if you’ve no ready buyers available, then you ought to hold on to the property much longer. That way, you lose a bit more profit.
It is also quite possible to purchase a property and then discover in the end that you need to spend more money on repairs, hence reducing your profit. That being said, it’s extremely important to check out the property very well prior to choosing to buy it.
Once you have weighed the benefits and drawbacks of wholesale real estate investing, the decision is yours to make. If or when you decide to embark on this kind of business venture, make sure you’re well prepared for everything that could happen. Do not forget, be a wise investor and gain profit rather than lose it.
Owning a land in Chennai is a wise decision to make. Land asset is always hot property and a city like Chennai devours vacant plots of land to create architectural marvels without compromising on environmental requirements. Development of green buildings is on the rise and the modern buyer/property developers are both aware of the need for it. While the city seems to have engulfed most of the vacant plots, newer and more contemporary buildings are arriving at pivotal pockets of the city like Valasaravakkam, Mount Road and Poonamallee. These projects spell luxury, comfort and contemporary appeal. State-of-the-art buildings, well equipped with modern amenities have emerged as the demand from middle and high income groups of customers.
Epicenter of Real Estate Growth in the city
The peripheral locations that include the city’s suburban and micro-markets, on the other hand, have ample land for sale in Chennai. Also, since most of the multinational organizations including industries such as IT/ITES, automobile, manufacturing and pharmaceutical are based out of these locations, these markets are emerging as hubs of development. With more and more commercial activities increasing in these areas; the government is executing plans of large scale infrastructure development. And as several multinational organizations open doors of employment to large numbers of professionals, the inflow of migrating population has also increased considerably. Thereby, the chain effect has created demand for plots and lands for sale in the micro-markets of the city.
Real Estate Development at North and South of Chennai
South Chennai that includes OMR, ECR, GST Road, Tambaram and Perungudi accounts for more than half the demand for commercial and residential projects. These are also the places that house more than half of Chennai’s IT organizations. Heading towards the other direction, North Chennai is home to renowned automobile and manufacturing organizations. The landscape and skyline of Chengalpet, Sriperumbudur and Oragadam have changed within a very short span of time. Today, the regions are lined by large residential projects, gated communities, villas and luxury apartments, international schools, best-in-class hospitals and medical centers, shopping malls and other destinations for lifestyle living.
Not only is the development focused within the townships but the regions have by themselves undergone tremendous growth owing to large scale infrastructural development. Having a plot for sale in Chennai or a few more especially in these regions is beneficial in the short and long run. Besides infrastructure, these areas are well connected to the city and therefore commuting whenever required is not a problem. Proximity of these locations to other cities like Bangalore, Tindivanam, Pondicherry and many others is a great advantage that Chennai can offer. Besides the resident and migrant population, non-resident Indians are also showing keen interest in Chennai real estate simply because of the healthy prospects the industry has to offer.
A sunshine Spanish Mediterranean holiday home for many Europeans, but especially the British, has been an aspiration achieved by many since the early 1980’s, when the UK allowed the free flow of capital, and property price gains allowed many to sell up in Britain and move to Spain and her islands – Menorca for example.
A slow down of Brits buying abroad happened in the early 90’s when recession hit the country, but overall the pace of number of people buying a home and often buying a business too has been relentless.
And with a growing number of British moving abroad, the UK’s financial infrastructure followed them, with British banks setting up branches in Spain and the Spanish islands like Menorca (ironically some of the British banks have now been taken over by Spanish ones), mortgage companies tailoring products for overseas home purchase,low cost airlines providing flights to Menorca and insurance companies offering building and contents cover.
For many of the British buying in Spain, it was like Britain with sunshine.
But times have changed, Spain is flooded with unsold brand new and re-sale properties, and property prices have crashed. In Britian property prices have dropped and are expected to fall further for the next year or more.
Confidence is low – unemployment in the UK is expected to hit 3 million before it peaks, and people with some money who might ordinarily have considered buying a property abroad are often keeping it in assets where the money is easily accessible – something it’s not when tied up in a property during a recession.
And of course the financial infrastructure that supported the British buying homes and businesses in Spain and her islands is in full retreat. The banks who were lending money readily to Brits moving abroad aren’t lending much, and many of them have been bailed out with taxpayers’ money – overall a dismal picture of a once flourishing overseas property market.
So, is now a good time to buy in Spain and her islands? If you’ve always fancied an apartment or villa in glorious Menorca – is this the time to take the plunge?
Part of that answer depends upon your individual financial circumstances, but if you need to borrow to buy a second home, and if you need income from holiday rentals to sustain your new Menorca property…halve the figure you think you might achieve and re-calculate to get closer to what you might realistically get from renting out to those taking Menorca holidays in today’s market.
But if you have a surplus of cash and are ready to buy a property in Menorca – is now a good time to buy?
There’s a property glut in Spain. If property was water, Spain and her islands would be renamed Atlantis. Developers and private owners alike are more than keen to sell, and anyone who is a cash buyer won’t have to wait long before they see a bargain. But don’t necessarily buy the first property you like that seems good value.
Draw up a list of say three or four apartments or villas you have viewed and liked and put in an offer of around sixty per cent of the already discounted price, starting with your favourite one, telling the owners that the offer remains good for two weeks, and at that time you will look elsewhere. Within a couple of months you, perhaps even weeks, you could have the property you want at an amazing price, even if the owners come back with a counter offer.
One bit of advice from UK based Tribune Properties is to avoid buying a brand new property.
‘Only buy a new property in Menorca if you’re absolutely certain that the developer has the funds to finish off a development and the promised infrastructure that goes with the new development…and even then only spend what you can afford to lose. Guarantees are often useless if a developer goes bust. And just don’t buy a property under construction – the development could be mothballed for years to come – along with any deposits and staged payments already paid by a buyer.’
Their final bit of advice is not good news for Menorca property developers either, or for private re-sales.
‘If you can hold on a few months, you might find even better bargains than there are now in the autumn when the same owners who are selling now have failed to find a buyer, and at the end of the holidays season owners might be prepared to listen to offers in the hope of finally selling their Menorca property.’