Property investment can provide significant gains when it is carried out after a thorough and careful analysis that determines the appropriate acquisition price, taking into account the true prospects of the property and all the risks that are associated with the assessed prospects.
Successful property investing requires a thorough market analysis in order to identify which property types and markets have the best prospects for
income and
property value increases.
Usually, markets and property types that present the largest supply shortages, compared to expected demand, are more likely to experience the largest property value increases in the near future.
Furthermore, once a market and sub-market is identified the investor needs to choose the particular property that will be acquired and, most importantly, what maximum price is acceptable given the expected value increases and the uncertainty regarding the realization of such expectations.
The investor needs to analyze all the expected cash flows of the property, both from the revenue and the cost side, in order to estimate the profit that can be achieved over the holding period, if the property is bought at different prices. The minimum price that the investor will pay will be determined by his/her minimum acceptable rate of return. This price can be estimated as the present value of expected net cash flows of the property over the holding period, discounted by the investor's required rate of return.
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