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Matt M.
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How do you "appreciate" your rental property?

Matt M.
  • Orchard Park, NY
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Hello.

In short notes, I wish to buy rental property consisting of a minimum of a 4plex. I plan to live in the property.

How do I make the property appreciate in value, so that in the event I need money or I wish to sell it someday to upgrade, I dont lose money? I know the basics.. IMPROVEMENTS. But how much will improvements really boost a rental properties value?

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Lynn McGeein
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Lynn McGeein
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Sorry, not sure I understand your question. There is never a way to insure a property will always appreciate, improvements or not, if that is what you are asking. There are many underwater borrowers right now who purchased property never thinking it would be $100,000 less the next year, but it was. Any property is only worth what someone will pay for it, and you never know what would happen. The surest way to insure value is to buy right in a growth area so you can make good money on monthly rentals whether or not the property steadily appreciates in value, and have enough of an emergency fund to not ever have to sell unless you want to.

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