I would like to talk to you about keeping properties for long-term wealth. One of the great fears that people have with investing is that they will purchase property and then not be able to sell it again.
Countless investors have purchased a property and then fixed it up with hopes of selling it for a large profit but the property remained unsold. The unsold property dashed their hopes for great profits. This begs the question “Is any real estate investment guaranteed to sell, no matter how good the market is?”
We all know that the answer to this question can never be 100% yes guaranteed. If it is true that properties do not always sell, how much of a risk are we taking when we buy a property? Is investing only going to be good until we buy that investment that will not sell and we end up having to keep it long term?
This is one of the benefits to my program: it works whether the property sells or not! In fact, I believe that my program works better when the investment does not sell. Instead of worrying about keeping the property, we are excited to keep it.
The Foundation to Success states that we evaluate properties, buy the good ones, create and enhance equity in them, put them up for sale, and then sell for a profit or refinance for an equity position. This is the unique part of my program: keeping properties as a strategy for long-term wealth.
One of the requirements of true lasting wealth is a great long-term portfolio. This is true because of two main reasons. First, long-term properties with cash flow create passive income, provide depreciation against required income taxes, pay themselves off and appreciate greatly over time. Second, short-term real estate, while it can be lucrative, usually provides profits that we spend living in the short-term. Most of us spend what we make and a little bit more.
Having long-term real estate provides great benefits and long-term wealth. Two things usually prohibit investors from wanting long-term portfolios: properties that provide a negative cash flow and the difficulty of property management.
I would like to help you overcome those two obstacles NOW! It is easier than you might think, especially if these two things are the only things holding you back from great long-term wealth. Don’t lose sleep over investing. Prosper in the short term and the long term!
Happy Investing,
Kendall E. Matthews, CRMC
Phoenix, Arizona Investment Real Estate