More than any year in the recent economic troubles, this year ahead looks to be the most interesting yet. The general public are now belatedly coming round to the idea that valuing real estate on a ‘future capital growth’ basis is simply not...

It's not rocket science, but you would be amazed at the number of people who don’t check the local employment makeup when buying investment property. With the economy in many US cities in bad shape and likely to remain precarious, it's wise to look...

With the spread of the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement around the world, Eurozone crisis, and various other obvious signs, it doesn’t look like the economy is going to improve any time soon. A large number of people are, however, sitting on ...

I’ve seen a number of ‘investment’ websites touting Detroit as a great place to invest for cash flow. While emotionally I do feel for the city, it is actually a much nicer place than its been given credit for, and I have good friends there. But w...

When holding investments, one of the most important pieces of information to have is to know the true value of the investment. Typically this means the value of the investment as compared to other similar investments, so you can sleep well knowing your...

As an investor, how can you tell you are ‘buying right’ in the market? The conclusion I have come to in the current market is that the days of ‘buying for capital growth’ are over, for a few years yet. Why? 1. Bank money is retreating fro...

I read an interesting article the other day, written in 1992, which talked about how the only thing holding up in the New York economy was rents at the bottom end of the market. It got me thinking about the process here and if this would be the case ri...

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We are now happy to offer 50% finance for overseas investors in Buffalo who buy via Abbotsinch Capital. This makes a big difference to the Return on Investment as Investors will no doubt be aware. Let us take a typical house – say 253 Gold St, wh...

Let’s look at two US cities with similar median income - Buffalo, in New York State, and Los Angeles, California. Both stand around the same level at $63,000 yet the unemployment in Buffalo stands at around 7.7%. It is a full 2% below the nationa...

Here's a handy guide by the New York State Insurance Department for home insurance. You can see how many companies deal with foreigners here (not all do) and contact them directly. Note not all give a website/email/phone number but its easy to look the...

Over the next few weeks I would like to look at a number of ‘conventional wisdoms’ of real estate that influenced investors worldwide, and explore whether they still hold up in the current environment. Let’s first look at one of the easy targe...

‘Gearing’ is similar to the gear of a car – its main function is to make things work harder for you with less effort. In our case we are talking about investment and getting the money to work harder on your behalf. Gearing is all about goo...

In the past, there was a received wisdom (usually among agents selling overpriced ‘investments’ for high commissions) to ‘invest for capital growth’ – i.e. don’t worry so much about what the Yield is, just buy where you think is an ‘up and coming area’ or ‘the next big thing’

What should you do if you have £50,000 in the bank and don’t know where to invest? Below are some examples of the returns to expect over 5 years. Investing your money in the bank will get maximum 27.6%, in UK real Estate 38%, with high yield real estate via Abbotsinch 79.3%.

Yield can be calculated as Gross Yield or Net Yield – it is used both as a rough comparison on cashflow between competing investments and as an indicator of what income you should be expecting. Gross yield for example, is calculated by taking the annual rent on a property, and dividing that by the value of the property.

USA is the largest real estate market in the English speaking world. It also is one of the most diverse.

Any successful real estate investor will tell you that the most important work is done BEFORE the investment is made. Saying NO to an investment is one thing that separates successful investors from failures. One easy way to do this is to simplify the process down to a checklist of investment boxes to be ticked and if the deal stacks up, all the boxes will be ticked. Here is an example checklist that can be used when looking at a new deal.