By Nitin George

Now why is real estate all of a sudden so important to discuss and know about? Well, there is a considerable demand for quality housing and as a result lots of new constructions have come up in many well-known cities as well as lesser known cities. Making an investment into real estate is a good option because, when you carefully invest into a good area, the value of your property investment will rise in value providing you with considerable built-up equity. A good home equity can help you to take a home equity loan which can be used to finance important things that need to get done else you can sell of the property for a considerable profit.

Investment into real estate also gives you certain tax deduction benefits. This can be really useful because the amount that you would have to spend on paying taxes can be cut down. If you invest smartly you can also take up the benefit offered by a 1031 property exchange. Investment into real estate gives you a certain pride of ownership because you own something that is rock solid and which is completely yours to have.

Real estate investment can be commercial or residential. Looking into the different types of residential real estate properties, residential properties can be of the following types:

Family Homes - In this property type, the property owner owns the entire property structure. There is no sharing of property area with neighbors. Family homes can be single family homes or multiple family homes. Family homes are the most sought after property types because of the kind of space that they offer. Additions can be made, as and when required to the existing structure. The only aspect of concern here is that the owner has to look into every aspect of home maintenance by themselves.

Condominium - In this property type, homeowners own everything from the interior of their condo unit. Maintenance requirements are minimal and this type of property is ideal fro young working-class professionals who are very busy and on the go. Many condo buildings offer posh home environment and excellent facilities such as swimming pool, tennis court, gym, and much more. However owners need to pay a maintenance fee for maintenance of common areas. They should also read up on HOA rules before purchase.

Townhouses - This type of property is similar in structure to a family home, except that it costs them less. Also known as row houses, owners may have to share both the side walls of their home, else one wall of their home with their neighbors. However owners need to pay a maintenance fee for maintenance of common areas. Townhouses can be duplex, triple complex or an entire colony of townhouses.

Whatever be the type of property a person select for purchase, it is important to buy the property in a good locality and from a reputable builder. Those new to the real estate market a best advised to take up the services of a realtor or a buyer’ agent in order to find the kind of properly that will suit them the most.

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Editor Note: ProAPOD Real Estate Investment Evaluation Software makes it easy for anyone to analyze the profitability of real estate investment property. Real estate investors are encouraged to always run the cash flow and rates of return numbers when considering an investment in real estate.

ProAPOD® Real Estate Investment Software has published another video in it’s Training Series entitled “The APOD.” I know I’m preaching to the choir here, given that most of you already use one of my real estate investing software solutions, and already know how to construct an APOD, but you might want to take a look, nonetheless.

In this video, I cover the three essential elements required by an APOD–income, operating expense, and debt service–and give a few additional suggestions about what makes an APOD great. The video is essentially shot right on my computer screen, so I can use the actual APOD created by my investment software with a fictitious property called ABC Apartments. The video software I’m using allows me to add some special effects that I’m still having to learn, but hopefully each of the training videos I create in the future will get better with practice. For now, I’m just trying to get my narration down; not an easy task.

My hope is that these training videos, like this one about an APOD, will serve those of you who might want to train real estate in your office about the nuances of real estate investing. Since most people have become less prone to read, and more enthusiastic about videos, this video on the APOD, as well as the earlier video about Cap Rate released last week should serve them well. It is not as thorough as I would make it if I were giving a seminar on real estate investing, in fact I purposely condense it to keep the download time to a minimum, but it should be beneficial.

This APOD video is a Flash 9 file, and about 3:58 minutes in length. You can view it on the ProAPOD® Real Estate Investment Software website by following Video-Real Estate Investing or by following this link to http://www.proapod.com/Videos/apod/apod.html. I would appreciate your comments.

Regards,

James R Kobzeff

ProAPOD® Real Estate Investment Software

ProAPOD® Real Estate Investment Software, in an ongoing effort to keep its readers informed about the nuances of real estate investing, is happy to share some thoughts about eviction procedures.

Once you purchase a rental income property, one of the big issues you face concerns tenants. It is always hoped, of course, that you can fill your apartment with good tenants that pay the rent on time and act in an orderly fashion. Unfortunately, however, this is not always the case, and there are times when you must evict the tenant. Here are three types of evictions recognized by most state laws.

Nonpayment of Rent

Nonpayment, one of the most common types of eviction procedure, is when a landlord attempts to evict a tenant for not paying the rent. A lease or rental agreement will state the due date for rent payment, and some state laws extend the due date for a tenant to pay the rent by a certain amount of days referred to as the prescribed grace period. If the rent is paid in full within the legal grace period of these states, an eviction for nonpayment cannot be started; a landlord must wait until the legal grace period has lapsed to start an eviction.

For instance, if the due date is on the first day of the month and the legal grace period is 10 days, the rent will not be due until eleventh day of the month and you cannot start the eviction until the twelfth of that month.

In a nonpayment eviction, however, the rental owner should be aware that the tenant might try to show that the rental unit was sub par as a defense for not paying rent.

Lapse of Time

Lapse-of-time evictions are when a landlord evicts the tenant because that tenant’s lease or rental agreement has expired. A lapse-of-time eviction can be done when a lease is in its final month, and is the type of eviction procedure commonly used by landlords who give month-to-month tenancies most commonly use this type of eviction procedure.

A lapse-of-time eviction can be done without giving any other reason than the owner wants his or her unit back; the contract is terminated because of its expiration only. So it doesn’t matter what condition the tenant claims the unit is in because the condition has no relevance to the expiration of the agreement.

Nuisance

Landlords have a right to evict tenants if the tenant has become a nuisance to the property as long as the agreement includes a nuisance clause. A nuisance could be someone who throws loud parties every night or who continuously disturbs the neighbors, resulting in police visits to the property. In this case, tenants have a right to use and occupy a rental unit in any way they want as long as it does not infringe on the quiet enjoyment of other tenants in the building or violate federal, state, and local laws.

ProAPOD® Real Estate Investment Software has started making real estate training videos. If you haven’t seen the Cap Rate - Video Tutorial  you might want to visit our web site and follow Videos – Real Estate Investing.