Friday 29 September 2017

Qualities Of Profitable Rental Properties

By Scott Collins


As a business person, there are many factors you need to bear in mind before choosing a real estate to invest on. The current or future market competition may lead to growth in your income or decrease in your income according to the choice you made during the selection of the houses. Ensure therefore you pay close attention and dedicate your time in consideration of a good property to invest in. The below qualities determine profitable rental properties.

Crime. Security is an important factor that every tenant always consider on choosing a residential area. To ensure you attract a reasonable number of tenants to your houses, make sure the house provide for adequate security for their lives and their possessions. The location which the houses are in should have no cases of crimes. Visit the crime department offices and analyze crime rates for different locations before you decide on the one you want to invest in.

Natural disasters. Insurance guards these occurrences. The more they are, the more the insurance covers. An area prone to many natural disasters require many insurances to ensure safety and safeguard against property loss. Therefore, the area you choose should have a minimal number of natural disaster to insure against. Rent is a way of getting your income and therefore if the insurance you have are many you may lose the income over time.

Neighborhood. For example, if the houses are located within a university area, the students will rent only when in school and vacate when going for the holiday this means your houses will experience seasonal vacancies. In these periods, you will have to pay tax even though no tenants are occupying your rooms. This makes the level of income obtained to go low hence crushing of business.

Social amenities. Social amenities attract people. An area with a lot of social services such as schools, hospitals, beauty parlor, market and other amenities will tend to attract a higher population. This population provides potential customers for your houses. Also, you should consider the quality of those amenities especially the school. Nobody will want to take their kids in poorly reputed school hence lowering the demand for your houses.

Taxes. Tax payment depends on the place in which the house is located. Some are highly taxed, and others are lowly taxed. According to the amount of income, a place can give you a chance to choose the tax rate to lie on. If the income is high and few vacancies per year, then it means you can pay for taxes comfortably. Beware of those houses with low income and high taxes because your business will eventually die.

Job opportunities. Consider the availability of job opportunities in the area you want to invest on. These will tend to attract people who will become tenants in the process of looking for jobs. Consider carefully on future availability of jobs because it will have effects on your income level.

Future developments. Ensure you are familiar with the kind of future developments that will take place in your place of investment. Some of these impact positively and others impact negatively on your business. Therefore, you should choose a location which allows developments which impact positively to your investment.




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