Friday, 17 June 2011

Making Money In Real Estate Investment- Finding The Best Locations

By Danielle Russell


Do you have an idea where the best investment real estate locations are? Having enough experience in real estate means that you can make money almost anywhere but when it come to real estate investments, there are always places that are better or worse. In order to have maximum profits, what you want are places that have a better demand/supply ratio. To find them, you can use the tips below.

Facts about Real Estate Demand

Is there a decent job growth in the area? Ask local authorities and use census information. Ideally, you want to see job growth equal to or exceeding population growth. Another thing you would want are areas with professional jobs moving in. There are four service jobs created for every professional job created and for all those employees, a place to live is what they will need.

Find out if the population is growing. Either you check the US Census figures online or you can ask the local government if they have the statistics. Stay away from areas that have little growth.

Find out if there is a decent quality of life. This may be subjective but it's still essential. Find out if there are theaters and bookstores. Determine how many coffee shops and cafes there are. Trendy areas usually have increasing demand for housing. If people are willing to take lower-paying jobs just to live there, then it's an indication of a high quality of life.

Find out if there is wealth in the area. Considered to be a good sign is when there is some wealth in a town. Look for nice homes. Wealth means everything doesn't die when the economy slows.

Real Estate Supply

Determine the number of homes per sale. If there are lower supply of homes for sale, then upward pressure on prices would be the result. Because the rents will be indirectly driven up, this would also result to better investing.

Determine if there are new construction. Census figures can tell you what's happened over the last ten years. Check with the local authorities to see if the the number of housing units they've issued permits for is more or less than the expected population growth.

What about rent and vacancy levels? To justify investing, rents have to be high enough and the vacancies low enough. There are vacancies in every building when we first came to Tucson. There's even a man holding a sign that read "Apartment - $250 per month." A great place for renters, but not so great for landlords.

The available land that is buildable? Then again, for future appreciation, less available land is better. The pieces will start accelerating upwards when the land runs out.

You can use these tips to compare various towns and cities and when you do, you will see the differences more clearly. You'll have an idea about how housing demand compares to supply in each. Because of this, pinpointing the best investment real estate locations is what you can do.




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