One of the best methods to achieve financial security and a steady stream of income, aside from stock markets and mutual funds, is to venture into passive real estate investing.
This means generating passive income streams from your properties. Because land worth doesn't diminish, this is always a wise choice. There are many improvements you can make to your rental properties to receive ongoing or enduring income.
For accredited and non-accredited investors, passive real estate makes sense as part of their broadly diversified portfolio. While they enjoy the positive cash flow, they do not want to deal with an early morning phone calls from tenants with HVAC issues.
In order to understand your unique overall approach to passive real estate investing, building a strong real estate portfolio is crucial.
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Investment strategies such as real estate investment trusts (REITs), real estate syndication, remote ownership, and real estate funds are all part of passive real estate investing.
For investors, commercial real estate is an attractive asset class since rental income can generate relatively stable passive income streams over the long term. The returns for passive investors are generally lower than those for active investors, who do all the physical labor instead of paying a property manager.
As opposed to active investing, passive real estate investors often don't see the investment properties they own. In addition to overseeing the finer details of real estate ownership, professional teams assist passive investors in focusing on the fundamentals of real estate investment.
An effective passive investment portfolio will highlight your personal investment goals and passive investment strategies, the inner workings of your deals, and your success/failure rate.
In a similar manner to private money credibility packets, your portfolio can also include your buying philosophy and testimonials from other lenders you've worked with.
The following factors need to be considered when building a real estate portfolio from scratch:
In other words, what do you want to accomplish from passive investing? It is important for investors to understand their end goal before choosing assets because different investments perform differently at different periods of time.
Even though a single investment will not cause a decline in your entire portfolio, the combination of investments, along with risk factors, will have an impact.
That said, the types of real estate investments you have in your portfolio will play a significant role in achieving your goal.
Understanding asset allocation is another crucial part of launching a real estate portfolio. Investors should determine the appropriate asset allocation model according to their personal and financial goals.
While selecting the right combination of assets can be challenging, real estate investors must decide what type of risk they are comfortable with and which combination of assets is most likely to help them achieve their goals.
You should consider your overall real estate strategy, as well as your risk tolerance when determining the appropriate asset allocation for you. Do you want to maximize your returns over time? To achieve this, investors will have to make more risky investments, while others opt for safer real estate investing strategies, prioritizing stable returns and skipping bigger capital gains.
Therefore, the higher your risk tolerance is the higher your return potential and the more aggressive your real estate portfolio will be, and vice versa.
In selecting initial investments for your portfolio, you must always consider the demand and supply in a location.
For instance, when there are too many single-family homes in a market, it becomes a renters' market. Due to this, housing prices in the area will decrease, and property owners must offer incentives to retain tenants.
When you buy apartment buildings in a real estate market with a low number of rental homes available and a high number of renters, you reap two benefits—there is a higher tendency of long-term tenants as it becomes harder to find rental homes, and you can charge higher rental payments from the current price.
A real estate purchase that will increase in value, in the long run, will give you a more stable portfolio and result in a higher rate of return over time. You should seek out up-and-coming areas that are growing in population, attracting investors, and undergoing gentrification.
You should avoid places that suffer from severe weather, decreasing population, school closures, or job loss. Furthermore, economic stress is always a possibility, so be prepared in times you aren't receiving a steady cash flow.
The last element to take into account when starting a real estate portfolio is management. It is essential for investors to hire a property management company when holding onto passive properties like apartment complexes and other commercial properties.
For instance, if you have a property manager for your residential properties, your portfolio should include how your investments are being handled, as well as the management team and maintenance costs associated with your real estate property.
Apart from the typical rental real estate deals, there are several avenues for amateur and professional investors to consider when building a passive real estate portfolio. Two examples of this real estate investment strategy are the following:
Investing in the real estate sector through a publicly-traded REIT provides a steady monthly cash flow for investors. Similarly to mutual funds, REITs invest in a variety of assets, in this case, real estate.
With commercial REITs, investors earn dividend returns while avoiding the hassle of purchasing, managing, or financing any property themselves.
Real estate funds provide value through capital appreciation. They are typically a broader form of mutual funds that can target REITs. Private real estate funds are generally less volatile than traded funds and REITs and offer more opportunities to tap into alpha investments.
Real estate portfolio optimization requires choosing properties that generate taxable income and focusing on locations with steady appreciation. With the help of our team, investors can find the best real estate investment options, reap tax advantages, and get the financial freedom they desire.To get more passive real estate investment opportunities, email us at general@saintinvestment.com or contact us at 949-881-7128 at Saint Investment Group today!
A master in Investment, Marketing, and Capital Raising.
Nic has honed his focus on the Real Estate and debt markets with Saint Investment Group and pursues large-scale Distressed Asset purchases with his partners and syndications.
