The goal for our children’s book is to educate our youth into being smart with their money. These are some thing’s us adults wish we knew and were taught at an early age. But because we lacked the resources and schooling, we spent most of our adulthood living paycheck to paycheck.
Instead of learning how to spend money of liabilities your child will learn how to save money, be frugal, build credit, and eventually how buy a home.
Real estate is a key factor in building generational wealth and being financially free. So let’s guide our children towards a more sustainable life.
Located 30 minutes away from NYC driving. This condo is a large open space with 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. Open floor kitchen with huge island and stainless steel appliances including stove, microwave, and dishwasher. Plenty of closet space in this unit, and lots of amenities and of course your own laundry washer + dryer in your unit!
Located 30 minutes away from NYC, driving. This condo is a large open space with 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. Open floor kitchen with huge island and stainless steel appliances including stove, microwave, and dishwasher. Plenty of closet space in this unit, and lots of amenities and of course your own laundry washer + dryer in your unit! This condo is Minutes from NJ train, bus, Trader Joe’s, plenty of colleges,and also the Great Falls National Historic park. With signing you are entitled to a parking lot, Entertainment room with ping pong tables, pool tables, and treadmills/fitness equipment.
Learn How to Make $500 in Passive Income Per Month
Advertisements
When it comes to finance, I started off my career investing in stocks, following the portfolios of some of the best stock investors of all time. Investors such as Warren Buffet, Charlie Munger, and Peter Lynch. I put everything i had in my savings into stocks. Every check I made, I put 50%- 75% of that into my investment account. After a year of buying tech stocks, retail stocks, and bank stocks, my portfolio grew about 12%. In total, I was able to save about $10k… The big idea was, if I save about $50k into one or a couple different stocks, I could potentially make $500 a month off of dividend income. But here’s some of pros and cons of making that decision.
Pros and Cons of Investing $50k in Real Estate for Dividend Income
Pros
Cons
1. Stocks are Extremely Liquid. Meaning you are able to sell you stocks immediately if you were in a sticky situation. However, in my opinion the best investor is a buy and hold investor.
1. Most dividends do not come monthly, them come quarterly. Which means every 4 months you’ll get to your dividend payout.
2. If the price of your stock goes up you earn money. So if you invested $50K and the stock price goes up 6% than you make $3k totaling $53K. However, if it goes down you lose 6% or more.
2. To save up $50k, think about how much time that would take. A couple of years, realistically speaking. By that time you could’ve made a number of different investment.
3. You can reinvest your dividends to earn you more money. This method is called compounding, where you’re money is doubling over the years.
3. You may lose money big time, if the stock market goes down. Look back at the 2008 crash, everyone lost money, houses, and jobs.
Advertisements
Referring back to this chart, there are companies that will continue to appreciate in price. But what will go up, may go down (click the link for examples). There are also companies that do pay monthly dividends. But if you were put $50k into one or two different stocks, how do we know how stable that stock is? Do you want to put your money at risk? If you’re a low risk investor, that would be the smartest decision. So I thought to myself what if I bought a condominium, and rented it out after a year of living in it? How much would I have to spend out of pocket to buy it?
To answer that question. Using the purchase price of $100k, the down payment and closing costs would come out to $9k. Let’s fast forward a year from after i bought my property.. The time has come for me to move on, and now i want to rent my unit out. I could potentially make $500 monthly, i would just have to rent out the unit for 30%-50% more than the actual cost of my mortgage payments but that is doable if you bought the property at a good price. On top of the monthly cash flow, you can ask for first months rent or last months rent. During the 2008 recession, one of the most stable investments were rental properties. The best part about real estate is that its in constant demand. Somebody’s always looking for a place to rent, just do your due diligence when you do choose your tenant. The most important part about investment properties is the guaranteed monthly rent check. While other investments such as commercial properties during a recession might be a lot more risky, a rental property still brings in a steady flow of passive income.
Real estateis one of the most simplistic ways to earn money. With a relatively small monetary investment and some sweat equity, you can turn a substantial profit. The future outlook on real estate investing is positive and constantly evolving. For new investors, one of the most difficult hurdles to overcome is learning the ropes of the real estate business. Real estate transactions are complicated, and if you are not educated on the ins and outs of the business, you potentially could lose large amounts of money, fast. Before you get started in real estate investing, spend some time thinking about the best approach for your financial situation, personality, and risk tolerance. One in four residential homes is bought as investment property. Many real estate investors are regular people just like you who make impressive side incomes. Some people even earn enough to make real estate investing their primary income.
Advertisements
This website will teach strategies you can use when investing in real consider – like real estate law, tax implications, and non-traditional real estate investment options. While being a real estate investor is, at times, stressful, it also can be mentally and financially rewarding.
Advertisements
Your First Real Estate Investment
Making your first real estate transaction, either as your primary residence or as a
planned investment, can be profitable and exciting, but it can be overwhelming
too. Follow these steps when starting out in real estate investing.
1. Educate yourself. This doesn’t mean that you need to go back to school, but you do need to take responsibility for what you need to know, and learn it. Study the market you’re interested in entering. Use the internet, local land records, and area real estate agents to find the sales prices of comparable properties. Learn about the transaction process, each person’s role and responsibility, the legal requirements, and insurance. Each component carries fees that vary, and by researching prices you can avoid losing money.
2. Get your financing in order.
A common mistake made by first time investors is to find the property first, then get financing. Before you go out to find that hidden gem, get pre-approved for financing. Decide on a lender by choosing a bank, mortgage company or online loan company. When talking with your lender, tell them how much you are looking to invest. They’ll gather lots of financial information about you – income, credit history, liabilities – and give you an idea of how much they’ll finance. With the many different financing choices available today, you’ll need to decide which option works best for you. Financing plans have different variables including different rates, initial cash investment, and tax implications.
Advertisements
3. Look for your property.
Finding real estate that you can make a profit with can be tricky. Use the internet and local newspaper’s “Real Estate” section. Look for abandoned and “For Rent” homes. Drive around the area you’re interested in and try to find “For Sale by Owner” properties.
4. Negotiate a fair deal.
Once you’ve found the perfect house, you’ll need to negotiate for the best price. Don’t expect that you’ll get a steal. Sellers are trying to the most money for their property, and buyers are trying to pay the least amount. Negotiating well involves working together with the seller to find a win-win situation. Be assertive, but plan to make concessions. Inflexibility often causes expensive delays and added stress.
Is Real Estate Investing for You?
Real estate is an intricate business that involves many different legal, financial, and interpersonal aspects. Are you ready to jump into this complicated business? Think about these essential questions before you make your first move.
Investing in the real estate market requires capital. The initial outlay of cash needed upfront to acquire a property may be large or small. Whether, it’s cash coming from your pockets, or cash that will be coming very soon, in the form of the stimulus bill, that millions of Americans will be receiving. You can use some of that money to put towards your down payment.But be sure you can afford to invest by looking closely at your personal financial situation. How much cash do you have? What amount of debt and how much interest can your finances handle? Think about how much you can lose.
Advertisements
2. Are you risk tolerant?
Risk and capital go hand-in-hand. How much risk are you comfortable taking on? A large loss to a small investor has a much larger impact than the same amount to a wealthy investor with deep pockets. While risk-taking can be exhilarating, be honest about your finances and think about the level of risk that will be comfortable to you. Do you naturally enjoy taking chances, or do you tend to be more risk adverse? It’s essential to success to know your comfort zone.
Advertisements
3. What are your future financial plans?
Are you interested in investing to maintain capital or to get the highest return in the shortest amount of time? Consider the amount of time, money, and risk associated with each scenario. Be logical. A straight 15% profit over a couple of weeks is not realistic. If you are interested in a high return, this usually means there’s a longer time commitment, which means your money will be tied up. The value of property can change quickly, leaving you in a higher risk situation.
4. Do you have what it takes?
To be successful in real estate investing, you need to be detail oriented, a quick learner, and have excellent interpersonal skills. You need to have the self-management skills required to determine what you need to know, then go out and learn it and apply it.
Advertisements
5. How much time can you spend?
Think carefully about how much time you can commit to the day-to-day tasks required to be successful in this business. In the beginning, you’ll need to spend a lot of time researching and learning about the business. With every endeavor you’ll need to spend time working on legal issues, zoning and town issues, insurance, tax concerns, contracts, market research, financing. If after considering these questions you are still interested in real estate investment – congratulations! This field is one of the most exhilarating ways to make a living.
Advertisements
Thank you for so much for reading! Feel free to comment, like, and share to others to inform them of the vast benefits of Real Estate Investing.
Ingram Universal 