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LitPoodle: Real Estate Investment Terminology

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Ever felt confused by fanciful jargon that real estate experts or financial advisors sometimes throw at you? Are you trying to make sense of the terms that you see on our website, Litpoodle.com? Then worry not. Here in this blog, we will try to explain the most commonly used real estate investment terms and how they ought to be interpreted, through real life examples. By no means should this be considered an expansive and comprehensive treatise on real estate investment terminology but more of an attempt to put together a quick guide for novice investors. Nor is this to be considered as investment advice by any means. Please also note that this covers only the investment related terms and not necessarily an explanation of real estate terms like ‘appraisal’ for instance. There will be another blog dedicated to the latter.   Before we dive in, for the purpose of contextual understanding, let us consider a real life example. So, without further ado, let me introduce our star propaganist
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LitPoodle - How to invest in real estate with little money?

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This is one of the questions that I get asked the most, especially from young investors or people looking to dip their toes in real estate investing for the first time. Well to answer this, first figure out quantitatively what you consider as little money. ‘Little money’ is a relative term. $50,000 might be ‘little money’ for a millionaire but a lot of money for someone who is starting out. And by the way, don’t worry if you are just starting out. There is a strategy for everyone.   Remember that it isn’t terribly difficult to achieve 20x – 30x returns over a period of 30 years. You can easily grow your wealth from, lets say, $10,000 to $0.3M in 30 years when you invest in properties that return 12% per annum (inclusive of rental yield and capital appreciation) or from $50,000 to $1M with 10.5% return per annum. And finding such properties is possible with a bit of due diligence. And with certain clever strategies you can even increase that return by a few more percentage points. I wi
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