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One of the great advantages in real estate investment is that wonderful word called leverage. In its simplest terms, it means using someone else’s money to vastly increase your profit potential.
Real estate has traditionally been very good security for loans. This means that real estate can be acquired with a smaller percentage of cash outlay than most other investments.
Leverage arises because ALL of the income and ALL of the appreciation in property value belongs to the property holder regardless of the amount of the loan.
To illustrate, assume a $100,000 property was purchased for only
94.9%