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Case Study: One Way To Create Wealth Today In Real Estate

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Real Estate Agent with Joe Manausa Real Estate 8508880888

Create Wealth Through Home OwnershipIt has been a long time coming, but I can finally say that this is the best time during my 22 year career to create wealth in real estate.

Today, I am going to show you how to live virtually for free, and how to start growing rich through a creative way to buy a home.

Now this method won't be right for everybody, but if you are young and adventurous, this is a great way to create wealth in real estate.

One Way To Create Wealth In Real Estate

If you are willing to live in a nice multifamily building, then the FHA has a loan program that will make you money. You can create wealth in real estate with this program because it offers you the ability to borrow money at a VERY LOW interest rate and then rent out your adjacent units for a monthly profit. Here's how it works.

Say you find a 4 unit town home in a good rental area. Each of the 4 units rents for $675 per month, and they have a great history of consistent occupancy.

You can purchase the 4 unit property using an FHA loan, and your out of pocket money will be around 5% of the purchase price.

In today's real estate market, something like this in great shape can be purchased for well under $300,000, and your monthly cost of ownership will be less than the rent you would pay to live in one unit. In fact, it will be less than zero!

By leveraging the rents from your tenants against a very low interest rate loan, you can create wealth in real estate.

Numbers Don't Lie: Create Wealth In Real Estate

Create Wealth Through Home OwnershipWhen we run the numbers on the example from above, it becomes apparent that you really can create wealth in real estate.

At the right, we use a purchase price of $270,000 and borrow 95% of it at the crazy low rate of 3.50%. It is this rate and loan program that make it such a great time to create wealth in real estate.

In this scenario, the total monthly payment (PITI) is $1680. I have discounted the rents received by 25%, as there will be times that you have vacancy and collection losses. So your three tenants will pay ($675 x 3 = 2,025 x 75% = $1,519) on average all of your payment except for $161 per month.

How To Create Wealth In Real Estate

Thus far, you have reduced your effective monthly rent from $675 per month to just $161 per month. That in itself is proof positive that you can create wealth in real estate. But the benefits keep coming...

  • You will receive $219 per month in federal income tax savings (owners get to write off interest and depreciation, tenants do not)
  • You will reduce your loan amount by $432 each month (it's like putting money in the bank)
  • And over the long run, your investment will appreciate at $675 per month

When you combine those three added financial incentives, you can see how you can create wealth in real estate by using a smart buying strategy with a great loan program.

If you would like to know more about how you can best create wealth in real estate, just drop me a note and we can find something that best fits how you want to live.

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Comments(29)

Donald Reich
Madison Specs - New Rochelle, NY
Cost Segregation Specialist

Great post.

Bottom line, prices are down, interest rates are low, now is the BEST time to buy!

Sep 10, 2012 10:11 PM
Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Joe, your analysis makes perfect sense. Buyers who are willing to take the risk will definitely create wealth in real estate.

Sep 10, 2012 10:11 PM
Joy Daniels
Joy Daniels Real Estate Group, Ltd. - Harrisburg, PA

Definitely bookmarked this one! :)  What a great post.  Thanks for sharing this information that makes so much sense when explained like you did.

Sep 10, 2012 10:51 PM
Michelle Francis
Tim Francis Realty LLC - Atlanta, GA
Realtor, Buckhead Atlanta Homes for Sale & Lease

Joe, 

Well done!  Combine this with the fact that new quantitative easing will deflate our $$, hard assests like real estate could be another reason to go in this direction. 

I believe and am ready to buy more!

All the best, Michelle

Sep 10, 2012 11:32 PM
Goran Utvic
Goran Utvic Real Estate Broker/Construction Consultant - Chicago, IL
Chicago 2 Flat Specialist

Joe, excellent explanation. This could be very rewarding for those that took care of their credit scores in these times. Living rent free while paying down the principal is definitely creating wealth.

Sep 11, 2012 01:28 AM
Phil Caulfield
Prosperity Home Mortgage - San Carlos, CA
I Get The Loans Done That The Big Banks Don't!

When this buyer moves out he can increase the cash flow even more by renting out the unit he was living in. Great strategy presented!

Sep 11, 2012 01:57 AM
Rosalind Nicholas
RE/MAX Condos Plus Corporation, Brokerage - Toronto, ON
Toronto Condo Real Estate Agent, Toronto ON

One of my colleagues, in my previous job, did just this ….. about 15 years ago …… now she is set-up very well, financially!

Sep 11, 2012 02:15 AM
Ben Gerritsen
Mortgage Miracles Happen, NMLS ID: 1289680 - Ogden, UT
Mortgage Loan Originator

Very well put together Joe. Thanks for the post. There's many ways to make money with real estate & many need to see the potential.

Sep 11, 2012 05:17 AM
Kathryn Acciari
Central One Federal Credit Union - Shrewsbury, MA
Mortgage Loan Originator

I have few regrets, but one is that I did not receive this advice when I bought my first home.  Kudos to you for writing this post.  I hope many first-time buyers take your suggestion to heart.

Sep 13, 2012 04:57 AM
Sharon Alters
Coldwell Banker Vanguard Realty - 904-673-2308 - Fleming Island, FL
Realtor - Homes for Sale Fleming Island FL

Joe, ditto what Kathryn said. Would that our first home had been such a place. However, finding such a place 'in a nice area' - now that is a challenge in our city. In Tallahassee maybe not so much, since you have the university with student housing demands. There it would be brilliant because you will always have a clientele, year in and year out.

Sharon

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