Landlords and rehabbers take notice - you may soon be focused on the new concepts of “Virtual Real Estate Investing“. There are many variations on what this term means, encompassing everything from using the internet to aid in real estate investing efforts to participating in online games such as SecondLife.
To get the facts, I sought out the man generally considered to be the father of virtual real estate investing: Bryan Ellis of BryanEllis.com.
When I began using the term virtual real estate investing in the late 1990s, I did so because I saw clear parallels between the strategies used for profiting from physical real estate and those that would create income in the online world, said Ellis.
An example of the similar nature of “virtual” and “physical” real estate Bryan Ellis likes to point out is the methods of making a profit from domain names compared to physical real estate. “There’s a huge difference between a website and a piece of real estate, but the ways you can profit from them are similar: ‘flipping’, rental/leasing, advertising sales, etc…all of these apply to both markets” he states.
I must admit: Its easy to see the parallels. After all, if you own a valuable piece of real estate, it’s “valuable” because other people are interested in that specific piece of property. Likewise, if you own a desirable domain name, others will find value in it because it serves their purposes. In either case, you could sell or lease the asset and turn it into cash.
In our next installment of this series on virtual real estate investing, Bryan Ellis will share the internet analogies to the physical concept of real estate development.
Here is a useful guide to Debt Consolidation Loans. A Debt consolidation loan is a loan used to repay several other loans. A Debt Consolidation Loan is a low cost loan secured on your home. It frees up the spare capital (equity) in your home to repay your store card and other debts. It can reduce both your interest costs and your monthly repayments, putting you back in control of your life.
Are you tired of always having to balance lots of payments at the end of each month? Want a solution that will give you the chance to not only pay less each month but also manage them all in one simple payment?
Debt Consolidation loans can give you a fresh start, allowing you to consolidate all of your loans into one - giving you one easy to manage payment, and in most cases, at a lower rate of interest.
A debt consolidation loan is a single loan that can be used to pay off multiple existing debts. These debts may have been incurred through personal loans, credit cards, overdrafts, or may represent any number of unpaid bills that have built up over time.
As the name suggests, a debt consolidation loan takes the group of debts that you owe, and consolidates them into one. This would mean that you only have one monthly payment.
Since the Debt Consolidation loan can be paid off over a longer time period, your individual monthly instalments would also be reduced.
If you find you have several monthly payments on a number of different loans you can make things easier for yourself by bringing them all together and taking out one single loan to pay off the total debt.
With a Debt Consolidation Loan you can borrow from £5,000 to £75,000 and up to 125% of your property value in some cases. Debt consolidation usually reduces the borrower’s monthly payments by lowering the interest rate or extending the repayment period or sometimes both.
Debt Consolidation Loan rates are variable, depending on status. Your monthly repayments will depend on the amount borrowed and term.
Consolidating debt can be an effective solution if you have accumulated a lot of high-interest debt through an assortment of credit cards, store cards, personal loans, in fact any type of debt that you are struggling to pay back.
Debt consolidation will combine and repay all existing debt with one single loan, usually at a better interest rate, which means that monthly repayments are reduced and you are able to pay back the money you owe sooner.
Spend time researching different lenders and get quote from a handful before deciding on whom to take your debt consolidation loan from. Shopping around will give you the means to decide on the one that best suits your circumstances and budget.
The benefits of a Debt Consolidation loan is that you will only have one monthly bill to pay and depending on the rate of interest, the size of the monthly repayment compared with what you were paying to your creditors each month, is likely to be reduced.
The drawbacks to a Debt Consolidation loan are that you are likely to have to repay the loan over a longer period and as the debt is secured, your home is at risk if you do not keep up with the payments being made on it.
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About The Author
John Mussi is the founder of Direct Online Loans who help UK homeowners find the best available loans via the http://www.directonlineloans.co.uk website.