Entries Tagged as ‘4 Benefits of Real Estate Investing’

June 23, 2008

More Crazy Stories About Low Income Rental Housing

Before we begin let me once again say I am not opposed to cash flow.  For goodness sake, why would I not like one of the 4 Benefits of Real Estate Investing?  But have you ever noticed most of these stories go along with low income housing?
Dude sends me an email about 10 days ago [...]

June 9, 2008

Real Estate Investing Benefits

Once again, the Four Benefits of Real Estate Investing are as follows:

Cash Flow Before Taxes
Principal Reduction
Tax Benefits/Depreciation
Appreciation

Cash Flow Before Taxes
Take your total monies collected, subtract ALL of your expenses and what you have left is Cash Flow Before Taxes.
Principal Reduction
The amount of principal your loan was reduced by in any given period of time.  If [...]

May 14, 2008

Investment Property Basic Training

Just the basics here for owning and operating Investment Property in Kansas City or elsewhere.
The Four Basic Benefits of Investment Property

Cash Flow Before Taxes
Principal Reduction
Tax Benefits (Depreciation, etc.)
Appreciation

Quick, (seemingly) witty tips to help you not go bankrupt with investment property…

Buy on numbers, not gut-feelings
Investing and speculating are two different things
Look to the meat of the [...]

April 10, 2008

Cash On Cash And Why You May Not Wish To Worry About It

10% Cash On Cash is the Holy Grail to a lot of real estate investors.  I just had the conversation again with someone in their very early thirties telling me why they needed a 10% Cash On Cash return.  That’s what his father had said he absolutely had to be sure of before buying an income [...]

February 7, 2008

Depreciation and Your Rental Property

Depreciation is your friend when it comes to owning rental property.  First, because it is an investment home you get to depreciate it over the course of 27.5 years.  (Well, not exactly, but the government is involved.)
Let’s just say you purchased said rental property in January of 2008.  The property is a duplex in Olathe [...]

January 18, 2008

Again With The Four Benefits of Real Estate Investing

BBQ Capital is constantly adding readers.  How do I know this?  By the internal stat counter.  So one of the issues I like to revisit over and over and over and over again is the 4 Benefits of Real Estate Investing.
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Cash Flow Before Taxes.  Simple enough.  You take all of your income, subtract all of [...]

November 18, 2007

Real Estate Investing Returns Calculations

Calculating projected returns can be of paramount importance when deciding on whether or not to pull the trigger on any particular investment property whether it be here in Kansas City or elsewhere. After all, real estate investing is about securing a return. Without that return your money would do better to be somewhere else.

So before [...]