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Key Considerations
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Smart Investment Decisions
GERT VAN STADEN
Investors facing yet another year of low returns, capital erosion due to high inflation, and ongoing volatility in the markets will be looking for a smarter way to invest in 2017.
There are six key factors investors should be considering when making investment decisions this year.
1 Simplicity
The world’ s most successful investor, Warren Buffett, warned:“ Never invest in something you don’ t understand.” Avoid investments shrouded in
jargon and beset by uncontrollable risks that require expensive financial advice. Many investors are surprised to discover, for example, just how simple buy-to-let property investment is: acquire a well-chosen property, rent the property out to a reliable tenant, get a professional rental management company to manage the tenant and the property for a fee. Then watch your investment grow into a passive income stream for life as the property produces an inflation-linked rental income month after month, while also producing capital growth year after year.
22 FEBRUARY 2017 SA Real Estate Investor www. reimag. co. za