The pros and cons of investing in real estate, Dallas
Real estate, Dallas has
long been a popular investment vehicle for medical professionals—from single
practitioners to large practice groups. These investments often have been
motivated by tax savings, as well as by cash flow and asset appreciation.
1. Capital intensive
Compared with leasing the space you need for your medical
practice, buying real
estate, Dallas is always more
capital-intensive.
With leasing, a landlord funds part of your capital needs the
infrastructure and the interior build-out. Consider which investment,
real estate, Dallas or practice-specific
enhancements, is likely to give you the greater return.
2. Real estate, Dallas is not liquid, and has high transaction costs
Simply put, when you want to sell there may not be acceptable
buyers.
Because each real
estate, Dallas parcel is unique, it must be
valued as an individual unit—not as one of many fungible stocks or bonds.
3. Market risk
As a real estate, Dallas investor, you will be exposed to
changes in the real
estate, Dallas market that affect the
value of your investment.
Their assessment of what would be a good location for their practice
turned out to be wrong, and while they worked through this issue, the market
changed, leaving them with an asset worth far less
than the amount they paid for it.
4. Management intensive
When you invest in real
estate, Dallas, to assure a successful
investment, you must accept complex management responsibilities— maintenance,
upgrades, compliance with changing building codes, and more.
Even if you hire a managing or leasing agent to handle these
tasks, you must hire and manage these contractors, and ultimately, you are
responsible for their performance—whether it’s code compliance or keeping
tenants satisfied and your building full. Be sure you are committed to
the full-time responsibility this requires.
5. Conflicts of interest
In some practices, one or just a few of the partners may choose
to own the real
estate, Dallas the practice occupies.
Other partners preferred a move. In any situation like
this where some partners feel they are subsidizing the economic interests of
others, the culture of the practice may suffer.
6. Exit strategy
For most real
estate, Dallas investments, success is
determined when the property is sold or refinanced.
A physician who owns an office building in an upstate
Connecticut town recently approached us for advice. In the past, she was able
to fill her spaces with ease. Now, her building has been vacant for several
years.
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