Today's investment markets offer investors a wide variety of options. One of the most rewarding opportunities is real estate investing, which can produce a very good income stream. If you choose to become a real estate investor, you will enjoy several benefits not associated with other types of investment.

First of all, investing in real estate has the enormous benefit of financial leverage.  Even if you borrow the money for your real estate investing from a bank you can often get into a deal with a 10% down payment which means your returns are instantly magnified due to the fact that you are earning on the bank's 90% contribution as well.  As an example, let's assume you have $10,000 to invest and you get 10% return on your investment regardless of the vehicle.  If you put it into the stock market you will buy $10,000 worth of shares and after 12 months your investment is worth $11,000.  If you put that same money into real estate with a 90% loan you earn 10% on the full $100,000 investment and finish with $110,000.

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