Archive of articles related to real estate investing
Use this calculator to analyze if you should pre-pay your home loan asap or invest instead. This is now republished after correcting a bug pointed out by Ankush. I had posted an illustration of prepay vs invest in June but did not post the associated sheet. I have now modified the sheet to include new…
Continue reading →When should I buy a house? Should I buy it as soon as possible, or should I wait for property prices to ease? Should I invest and then buy with it after some years? How important is it to have a property that we can call our own? Why can’t I stay in rent forever?…
Continue reading →A real estate investment trust (REIT) is like a mutual fund that invests in property. Here is why I think REITs are not suitable for goal-based investing. I know very little about how REITs work and I have sourced my information primarily from three articles. If you wish to understand, how REITs work, check this…
Continue reading →If you own a property and receive rental income from it, use this calculator to determine the return on your investment. If you like idea of using real estate for financial leverage, this is the perfect tool for you. Financial leverage is investing with borrowed capital. In the present context it refers to buying a…
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