Property investment has a lot of potential benefits, and it can help you build up a substantial wealth, in time of course. However, property investing has some risks, and no one can gurantee that everything will go ok and that the money will build up.
Less risky than shares, property investment attracts many people and has two major benefits : the tax advantages from negative gearing and the capital growth.
Negative gearing in property investment means buying with money that came from a loan that has the annual ‘rent’ less than the loan interest and the expenses paid for the property’s maintenance together. Doing this brings benefits from taxes and the most important thing is the interest of your mortgage.
Capital growth represents the money made from the value of your properties. This is not guaranteed, because you have no guarantees that the value of a property will raise.
If you plan on starting to do some property investing you don’t have to start by investing in a place where you also live in. You can for example buy an apartment that you can then rent out. Furthermore, property investment that’s done in a place...