In the last couple of years, a rather sizeable percentage of both home sales and home purchases have occurred for for investment purposes! In 2006 for example, 40% of all home sales and 28% percent of all home purchases were made as an investment according to a report from the NAR.

Many Realtors ignore the fact that potentially 30%–40% of prospective buyers and sellers may actually be “investors”. According to the NAR, these “investment home buyers” are different from “vacation home buyers”. They tend to be younger (49 years old vs. 52 years old), have slightly lower incomes, and purchase “investment” property an average of 15 miles away from their primary residence.

Like any other investor, these buyers need tools and resources to help them with their decision making process. eRealInvestor’s powerful set of financial modeling and analysis tools allows these “investors” to save time and make better educated decisions about a property listing. eRealInvestor allows “investment home buyers” to consider the implications of different down payment and loan options, view pre-tax and post-tax scenarios, compare multiple scenarios and properties side-by-side and analyze other important financial and tax information. At the end of the day, eRealInvestor also empowers them to engage in a more effective dialogue with their Realtor and mortgage broker!

As I pointed at out in my previous post, more and more Realtors (as well as a growing number of partners) are integrating eRealInvestor’s analytics capabilities into their listings! By offering our tools, these real estate professional make their listings more appealing to investment home buyers, which is important, especially in today’s competitive marketplace! eRealInvestor frees these real estate professionals from having to creating cash flow spreadsheets for their clients. If you are interested, register to find out how simple it is to get integrated!

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