Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa April 2016 | Page 57

If these are some of the questions and issues that keep you up at night – keep reading The U.S. real estate market is still moving upward and will continue to do so in select markets. Real estate is local in nature and not all markets move up or down at the same time. The glut of the world oil supply will strongly impact areas of the U.S. that rely on the oil industry. North Dakota, Texas and Oklahoma have already been hit hard but not nearly as hard as what will develop as oil dips below $30 a barrel. Every industry related to oil will be impacted by the surplus of oil. This has an economic downward domino effect on the entire region as people will have less money overall to spend in their local economies. Avoid these areas for investment. Most of our investors have become very comfortable investing in the U.S. Our laws protect most of you better than your own countries. We’re not perfect though, and just wait until you see the comical fireworks of our presidential election this year. In 2015, BuyCashFlowProperties.com (BCFP) acquired 112 singlefamily houses in the Atlanta area. We sold 115 houses the same year as there is still demand in the metropolitan Atlanta area. Hedge funds are still acquiring houses at a rapid pace as they have so many dollars sitting on the sidelines that need to be vested. This, along with the demand for housing by residents in the area will continue to increase values throughout 2016. Bullish would be the best word to describe the housing market in the Atlanta area. How to Increase Your Safety and Returns: The only guarantee in life is death and taxes. But how would you like to minimize your downside risk and increase your upside potential while improving your immediate cash flow? For the longest time we’ve sold houses directly to investors and most often through promoters in their country. We have to make a profit when we sell in order to survive in business, but what if we didn’t? What if we got you involved at our price before any markups? Would your investment be safer with a higher likelihood for upside potential and an immediate increase in cash flow? The key for investors moving forward is to be vigilant on protecting and increasing your wealth. Nothing is more important than to not lose the value of the capital you have worked so hard to obtain for your family. If you can see your money on a bank statement, it’s not invested and it is at ri