Advantages and Disadvantages of Real Estate Investing

Like all investments, real estate investing is not without risk.  Below are advantages and disadvantages of real estate investing.

Advantages of real estate investing

• Appreciation of real estate value
• the returns on the real estate investments are usually high
• Real estate investing offer a hedge against inflation
• The risk associated with real estate investing is usually low
• Real estate investing start up cost can be low
• The equity of owning a real estate property builds up
• Owning a real estate property can give the owner many channels of income
• Owners of real estate properties receive tax breaks
• While requiring low to none upfront capital, getting started in real estate investing is easy.Disadvantages

Disadvantages of real estate investing

• If you rent out your real estate property, you may run across a bad tenant
• You may be entering into a real estate contract without knowing too much about the market and therefore get a bad deal on the real estate property
• Real estate contracts can be confusing. If you don't understand the real estate contract or lack negotiation techniques, you may find yourself in a bad real estate deal.
• You may not be able to borrow money to finance your real estate deal if you have had problems with conventional financing in the past.