If you are interested in investing in real estate property, you may have started doing research about it. However, there is so much information out there about the topic that it can sometimes be confusing and leave you wondering how you should get started. Fortunately there are a few not so complicated ways how rookies can invest in real estate.
1 Rentals
If purchasing a single family rental appeals to you but a lack of time to research and find an investment property is holding you back, there is a way to get it done fairly easily; Let someone else do the research for you. But saving time may not be the only thing making you hesitate. You also have to find renters, collect rent, do upkeep, and the many other tasks involved with owning a rental. It all takes time and it can be somewhat intimidating to a rookie real estate investor. So why not allow someone else to do some of the work for you? In addition, it is possible to purchase turnkey rentals even if you don’t have the expertise or time to manage the property yourself. Also, if you think you are locked into buying rentals only in the area where you live, think again. You can invest in properties in a different part of the country altogether even if you haven’t personally seen the property. Does this sound like a dream? There are companies in existence that can help you overcome these hurdles so you can purchase a rental and get started investing in real estate even as a rookie.
2 Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is another way to help you get started as a rookie real estate investor, especially if you don’t have much money to get you started. By choosing this method you can put your money together with money from others and invest in real estate so everyone benefits. This is done through an REIT, or Real Estate Investment Trust.
REIT’s are a lot like mutual funds in that they give investors the power to diversify their investments and have steady money coming in. They are made up of knowledgeable team members who devise ways of investing pooled money in real estate investment options not usually available to the lone investor. They do this by putting the investment capital into more than one property, which makes the risks low and raises the growth potential of your investment. There are several companies that offer this type of investing, so it shouldn’t take too much time to research and find one to your liking.
3 Partnership Investing
Of course, you could also pool your money with someone else without the help of an outside company. Choose someone you trust to get started with and you could still invest in real estate even if you don’t have a lot of money or experience. When you work with someone else who has real estate properties already, you can learn a lot from them about choosing, financing, and managing rental properties or flip properties. It may also allow you to start investing a lot sooner than if you were to try to purchase a property on your own.
As you can see, even if you are new to real estate investing, there are different ways how rookies can invest in real estate. Don’t let whatever is holding you back prevent you from securing your future.
What other options do you know of how rookies can invest in real estate?
Kayla is a personal finance blogger in her mid-20s who loves to write about money topics of all kinds.
James Hendrickson is an internet entrepreneur, blogging junky, hunter and personal finance geek. When he’s not lurking in coffee shops in Portland, Oregon, you’ll find him in the Pacific Northwest’s great outdoors. James has a masters degree in Sociology from the University of Maryland at College Park and a Bachelors degree on Sociology from Earlham College. He loves individual stocks, bonds and precious metals.