We’re taught to put ourmoney into banks from a
young age. Told at the age of 11 that, thanks to
interest, I could get freemoney, I wasted no time in
getting a savings account formy allowance. Due to
the financial crisis, however, interest rates plummeted
globally andmy fiscal gravy trainwas forced to a
halt. While it’s true that, in amove inDecember 2015,
the Federal Reserve’s interest ratewas raised from
nearly zero to 0.25-0.5%, further riseswill likely be
slow. It seems these days, the onlyway tomake
money from yourmoney is to invest it elsewhere.
Propertymight be a good place to start. According to
Colliers International’s Global Investor Outlook 2016,
this year’s safest sector that also has the best return is
predicted to be the global real estatemarket—a lucky
break for first-time investors as having physical assets
can be comforting, and even for seasoned investors
too, as it’s a great method of leveraging their capitol.
According to the report, which is based on a survey
of over 600 investors, “sentiment towards real
estate remains positive. More than half of the
respondentswithmulti-asset portfolios said that
theywould increase their real estate allocations in
the next 12months into 2016. TheU.S. will be a
preferred destination for global capital.”
So, prospects are good, but finding the right
property canbe tricky. Investmentmanagement
companies such as Invesco canbe useful in this
area. Finding clients the best opportunitiesworldwide,
building portfolios andworking to reduce risk, they
do the difficultwork andhelpyou reap the benefits.
There is also an abundance of real estate
investment software programs to assist in
performance projections, evaluating cash flows,
rates of return and other profitability data.
Everyone’s likely heard ofMicrosoft Excel, but
there’s awhole gamut of other tools and apps
available. Argus Software, for instance, offers a
range of investment property software tools for
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