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Leverage or Mortgage Free Investment

by Peter
(Toronto)

Hi Tom/Nick,

I have a mortgage free property with a potential income of $1800/mth. My estimated value of the property is approx. 320K if sold. I am contemplating selling the property and working with 2 scenarios:

1) Splitting the money into 2 properties (i.e. Put 200K into a bungalow and mortgage approx. 200K and save the 120K for a duplex).

2) Putting all into 1 property (ie. take the 320K and look for a duplex of 550K with a mortgage of 230K).

Based on current pricing of bungalows and duplexes, my concern is the cash flow. My question is would I be better off with the one source of income or leveraging and getting 2 properties at this time?

Thanks for taking the time and providing such a Canadian needed resource.

Sincerely,

Peter Lee

pmlee22@hotmail.com

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Leverage or Mortgage Free Investment

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Feb 04, 2010
To Leverage or not to leverage your real estate investments?
by: Tom Karadza

Hi Peter,

For us this really comes down to a personal decision.

If you want to aggressively grow your portfolio base then you'll want the most leverage possible.

But you'll have to be smart about the area, the rates you get and make some plans to protect yourself from any interest rates moves that may occur.

Without knowing more about you and your goals this is a tough one to answer.

However, as just generic advice...

Our opinion is that if you do your research and choose wisely you want to leverage yourself to grow your wealth.

But keep this in mind...if interest rates go up and/or if prices drop being leveraged is not fun. You need to plan for this now.

We've been in that type of situation before and in these cases you need 1. Cash 2. Credit and 3. Cash Flow to survive.

So don't spread yourself so thin that you can't handle a move in interest rates or home prices.

I know this isn't answering your question directly but I hope it somehow helps a tiny bit!

Tom.

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