What Investors Consider To Invest in Real Estate
Naiga Onyango
Investment is forgoing today's consumption and increase future consumption by the increased value of wealth or investment returns. In investors will majorly consider a whole lot of factors which include but not limited to.
Geographic location
To identify the best location for real estate investment, an investor needs to evaluate the potential performance viability of a given geographical location based on the area's ease of accessibility and availability of quality infrastructure provides by road networks, electricity supply, and sewer line connections. Availability of social amenities and zoning regulations applicable by both the local and national governments. This help protect the investment from demolition if it's a structure or other regulatory risks. An investment which certifies all this is likely to attract more investors as it is more safe.
Capital Requirement
Investors consider available investment budget in their real estate property investment decisions. Capital intensive will scare away investors if its returns is not quality or high enough in correlation with the high capital.
Annual demand
Demand plays key role in determining quality of an investment. Low demand may lead to low pricing and a loss to investors. High demanded in investments are desirable.
Diversification
The performance of real estate investments has low correlation thus reducing non-systematic risk and increased returns.
Tangible asset
In their physical nature of real estate it is easy to value and establish real value of the asset class compared to the valuation of intangible assets which often arise from value approximations. The inconveniences in intangible asset valuations make real estate investment a better choice for investors.
Hedge against inflation
Investors hedge against inflation as asset prices increase with increase inflation. This factor save investor as their real value of money will not deteriorate in times of inflation.
