Investment Property Strategies

Owning Investment Property – Halcyon Hills on Samos

Owning investment property is a tremendous wealth building strategy and The Halcyon Hill on the Greek Island of Samos fits the bill!!.

Thousands upon thousands of individuals have amassed great wealth by investing in rental properties overseas. Unfortunately, few investment property owners learn how to leverage equity in a way that maximizes tax deductions while creating and locking in equity gains. Instead, they leave themselves open to price fluctuations in the  property market. These fluctuations can wipe out or severely reduce equity positions in property.

Protecting Equity Gains

Protecting equity gains in your investment property requires careful planning. This leveraging strategy is fairly simple, but can sound complex. Please keep in mind this is just an introduction to the investment property tax strategy. You will need to consult an expert to learn more. The investment property tax strategy protects your equity gains by separating and leveraging them. The leveraging process is best explained with an example.

Scenario 1 Without Tax Strategy

Assume you purchased a rental property in 2002 for $250,000 with nothing down. As of July 2009, the combination of loan payments and appreciation has resulted in a gain of say: $250,000. You have amassed wealth, but all of it is at risk. If prices drop twenty percent over the next year, you will lose $100,000 of your equity in the property.

Scenario 2 With Tax Strategy

We are going to use the same exact scenario. It is July 2009, you have $250,000 in  property equity, but all of it is at risk. You decide to implement the investment property tax strategy and the following occurs.   Your goal is to protect the $250,000 in gain on the rental property while also maximizing tax reductions. The first step is to refinance the property with, typically, an interest only loan. A percentage of the equity gain is taken out of the property and placed into an equity index insurance product. The equity percentage is arrived at by determining the payment amount you can afford on the loan. Typically, it is tailored to match your current loan payment amount.

Going back to our scenario, what happens if property prices pull back 20% over the next year? You do not suffer the loss of $100,000 because the gain is sitting in your equity index insurance product. Essentially, you have protected the capital gains while capturing a stock market-based rate of return.

Ah, but it gets better!

Equity Index Insurance  The investment grade insurance product isn’t just any policy. Instead, the policy used is tied to a stock market index. What if the stock market suffers a loss? Not to worry, this policy carries a guarantee that you will never lose a dollar, even if the market crashes. If the stock market did crash, the policy would simply credit you with nominal growth for the year in question. In all other years, the policy would grow with the stock market. On top of all of this, the money in the insurance product grows tax-free.

So, what has been accomplished?

First, you have protected your rental property equity gains from price fluctuations. Second, you have leveraged your equity into two growth channels, the stock market and appreciating property prices. Third, you have converted taxable growth [property appreciation] into tax-free growth [insurance].

With propert markets cooling down, this strategy effectively locks in your profits. Preserving equity gains should be a primary goal of any investment property owner. Consider the above in conjunction with The Halcyon Hills investment opportunities.

For more information on The Halcyon Hills click on http://www.thehalcyonhills.info.

Mike Matthews

About the Author

Mike Matthews is a regular contributor to article directories and blogs on a wide range of topics, including the best advice for acquiring overseas investment properties online. If you want any more help or assistance with any aspects of your property investment portfolio then please visit Mike’s website

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Buy or Sell Real Estate after the 1997 Tax Act: A Guide for Homeowners & Investors $0.99 Of all the areas affected by the 1997 Taxpayer Relief Act—the most sweeping tax reform agenda in years—perhaps the greatest impact will be in real estate. From the capital gains reduction on investment property to the new $500,000 exclusion on the sale of residences, the revisions are numerous—and complex. This concise, easy-to-understand book clarifies and simplifies these changes for you, explaining exactly what the revisions are, what they mean for your holdings, and—perhaps most importantly—how you can profit from them when buying or selling residential or commercial real estate.With the very latest information on capital gains, home office deductions, home exclusions, and other modified provisions, Buy or Sell Real Estate after the 1997 Tax Act shows you how to: Formulate effective strategies to achieve the best returns Take advantage of tax-free exchanges Use new exclusions to save money when selling your home Manage rental property sales Choose between trading and selling Determine your taxes under the new rulesHere is an authoritative, accessible, and thoroughly indispensable guide for anyone looking to understand—and capitalize on—the new tax law changes in real estate.

Buy, Rent, and Sell: How to Profit by Investing in Residential Real Estate $1.01 A leading national expert on real estate gives his proven strategies for making a killing in today’s red-hot residential real estate market. Irwin provides advice on how to find good investment properties, how to successfully rent them, and how to quickly turn them around for a fat profit. From the Publisher: The real estate market is hot and there’s never been a better time to invest in real estate! For instance, buying with a 50 percent margin in the stock market is considered good…but in real estate, buying with a 90 percent margin or higher is commonplace! Due to the pent-up demand for housing (caused by the recession of the 90s when few homes were built) there are as many as 11 million Americans who want to buy homes which are currently not available. It’s a great opportunity for investors. The time is right for real estate expert Bob Irwin’s Buy, Rent & Sell. This book will teach investors how to find good residential investment property, successfully rent it, and then quickly turn around and sell the property for a big profit. This book will be of interest to those millions of investors who are returning to real estate as a well-established formula for acquiring wealth in the good times that show no sign of stopping. In fact, the strong real estate market is very likely to continue for years to come (periodic higher interest rates will only likely slow – not halt – the boom in the housing market). Buy, Rent, & Sell will be a solid, workable and comprehensive guide to making money investing in real estate. The book will both promote techniques that work, as well as expose unrealistic practices that don’t work. BACK COVER America’s #1 real estate expert gives you the tools you need to build wealth by investing in real estate.From making a quick profit to reaping long-term financial security, Buy, Rent, and Sell takes you through the 10 Rules

Comparative Advantages $1.99 In this excerpt from his acclaimed book Taming The Lion, highly successful trader, investor and former hedge fund manager, Richard Farleigh, reveals some of the secret investment strategies that he developed to succeed in the markets: “An investor needs to spot genuine opportunities in order to make good consistent returns. A few market professionals can rely on the advantages of superior information, high quality analysis or client orders to help them predict future price moves. But for various reasons these advantages are dwindling, and anyway the ordinary investor needs something more accessible. Fortunately there are opportunities offered by market behaviour which are long lasting and can be spotted without enormous research or inside information – When these are pursued with sensible risk management the results can be stunning.”Praise for Farleigh’s acclaimed book, Taming the Lion:”Anyone who was able to retire at the age of 34, move to Monte Carlo and become a private investor must have made some smart investment decisions. Richard Farleigh did just that and he’s sharing his secrets in this book.” Money Magazine”Taming the Lion is a book about profiting from big themes. From humble beginnings in Australia, Farleigh made a fortune following powerful trends, the most effective and least stressful route to investment success. He knows how to write too.” Telegraph”Overall I feel there is so much information in this book, it is probably one I will keep re-reading as I make investment decisions. I especially like the way it has reminded me that there are other asset classes to invest in other than shares and property and yet the same strategies are applicable”. Investors Voice

Dictionary of Real Estate $39.95 Accessible, practical, and easy to use, it defines more than 3,000 essential commercial and residential real estate terms from the areas of appraisals, escrow, investment, finance, accounting, law, agency and ethics, construction and architecture, property management, marketing, computers and software, and more. When you look it up in the Dictionary of Real Estate, you get everything you need to quickly acquire a solid working knowledge of the term in question, including detailed, thoroughly cross-referenced definitions in plain English; practical examples and real-world applications; up-to-date coverage of the latest techniques and approaches; documents, charts, tables, and graphs; professional-quality diagrams, illustrations, and line drawings; fully worked formulas and equations; and expert cost-cutting tips and moneymaking strategies.

Dolf de Roos’ Real Estate Investor’s College $11.95 Used – Let property investment guru Dolf de Roos demonstrate insider techniques and field-tested strategies designed to maximize property value for all levels of real estate investors. The Property Investor’s School on 10 CD’s provides a dynamic audio record of Dolf’s mentoring sessions previously available only in-person. Real Estate Riches on 3 CD’s abridges the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller to create a portable audio compendium of how-to tips for creating property income.

Dolf de Roos’ Real Estate Investor’s College $9.54 Used – Let property investment guru Dolf de Roos demonstrate insider techniques and field-tested strategies designed to maximize property value for all levels of real estate investors. The Property Investor’s School on 10 CD’s provides a dynamic audio record of Dolf’s mentoring sessions previously available only in-person. Real Estate Riches on 3 CD’s abridges the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller to create a portable audio compendium of how-to tips for creating property income.