Unit 9: Investment Real Estate Flashcards
Nature of Investment (general)
Outlay of an investor’s money in hopes of income and profit.
Goal - high ROI
Equity is
the investor’s money
ROI is on
Cash invested
Yield is
Annual percent ROI
Leverage
Using other people’s money to buy an assett
Positive and Negative Leverage
Positive - Return greater than cost
Negative - Return less than cost
Maxium Leverage
The highest rate of return from the highest LTV.
Example, using 100k to buy 1 property outright, or breaking it up to finance 4 properties
Appreciation
The ability to sell property without losing initial cash investment
Stocks- how it stacks up
Partial ownership of a company, originally to raise money, now traded on secondary market. Dividends as profit. Vote on company decisions. Rate of Return: Yes Tax Advantage: No Leverage: Maybe Equity Buildup: Yes
Bonds- how it stacks up
Issued to raise money, are a loan from you to company, will be paid back, not much interest. Bought and sold on secondary market.
Rate of Return: Yes
Tax Advantage: Maybe
Leverage: No
Equity Buildup: No
Mutual Funds- how it stacks up
Professional mgmt & diversification (group of company stocks, not just 1)
Pooling assets of many investors, pursuing investment objective, gives buying power to individuals that they could never have gotten alone.
Rate of Return: Yes
Tax Advantage: No
Leverage: No
Equity Buildup: No
Insurance and Annuities- how it stacks up
Tax deferred growth, income for life, death benefit. Annuity: Take a series of payments or a lump sum.
Life Insurance - Pay for life, beneficiaries get $ upon your death.
Depends on paying ability of ins co.
Rate of Return: Yes
Tax Advantage: No
Leverage: No
Equity Buildup: Maybe
Cash and Cash Equivilent- how it stacks up
Treasury bills, money market mutual funds, Cert deposit, passbook savings. Keeps cash liquid.
Rate of Return: No
Tax Advantage: No
Leverage: No
Equity Buildup: No
Retirement Plans- how it stacks up
Tax deferred investments - retirement plans and municipal bonds. Traditions & Roth IRA, 401k, CESA, Profit Sharing
Rate of Return: Yes
Tax Advantage: Yes
Leverage: No
Equity Buildup: Yes
Real Estate - how it stacks up
Rate of Return: Yes
Tax Advantage: Yes
Leverage: Yes
Equity Buildup: Yes
Advantages of Real Estate
- Relatively high yields (profit)
- Growth, tax savings, principal reduction - Leveraging opportunities - creative financing
- Income tax flexibility
- depreciate over 27.5 years residential
- 39 years commercial - High degree personal control - rent, refi, terms of sale
- Equity build up - principal reduction and value growth
- Hedges against inflation - rents and value tend to rise with the market