Learn All There Is to Know About Real Estate Investment – From The Experts!

With today’s uncertainty looming in the real estate market, often investors – whether seasoned, potential or novice – are unsure of the opportunities that lie beneath the surface. As long as you know where to look to find out, there is a host of information out there that guides consumers as to the ways success can be achieved via real estate investment. Here we’ve shared some tips to help you through the current outlook and we also share important details about the opportunity no one serious about real estate investment should miss.

Some Tips on the Real Estate Market from an Investment Perspective

Knowing Where You Stand

Anyone who knows anything about investments realizes that there are cycles involved. As with any asset, assets in real estate tend to cycle as well, bringing with them the need to evaluate your current portfolio and adjust your plan of action accordingly. Just a few years ago, in 2005 and 2006, agents were advising clients to sell their second homes and additional properties – as a measure to curtail the potential losses in a market that was getting very over-valued.

Fast forward to today and you know that the market has come down – considerably. This is the perfect time to sit down with your real estate agent, have a consultation that is based on your current financial position and work with them to determine exactly where those good opportunities pertinent to you are lurking.

Examine the Bigger Picture

Experts advise the importance of understanding and knowing the bigger picture. In terms of your investment portfolio, treat real estate like any other asset class. The overall consensus is that staying in middle ground is safest. Without over-investing in one area, maintain a diversified portfolio that offers you some cushion in face of the changing times of this market. Still, there is opportunity to be had and there is no one better than your real estate agent or financial advisor to help guide you and look at additional real estate as an investment. This is the perfect time to assess whether it’s right for you.

Seize the Opportunity That DOES Exist: Low Interest Rates

The one thing that has the single most impact on your real estate is interest rates. Looking at it from a broader angle, it’s important to ask the question, “How do interest rates affect the current situation in the overall real estate market?”

Not too long ago, just twenty or thirty years ago, mortgage rates were typically up to 15 or 16 percent. In today’s market they are less than one third those earlier rates! Even though the interest rates are still creeping up, the Federal Reserve doesn’t seem to have any plans of major hikes anytime soon. So until we do see the economy bounce back this could be a good chance to seize opportunities gained by way of low interest rates and low values. Meeting with your agent to discuss this potential is a good idea, so you can assess whether this is the direction you want to head in.

To further help you assess where you stand in the real estate arena today, get out there and meet the experts who know the industry.

Grand Strand Economic Forum – January 20th, 2011

What You Can Expect From the Event

Find out all there is to know about real estate investments in the current down market by visiting the Grand Strand Economic Forum this month in Myrtle Beach. Top financial experts and economists with exposure to US and international markets will shed light on issues that are relevant to you. The audience will be imparted with valuable tools and insight about the past, present and future of our economy as well as having access to a representative from the Social Security Administration. They’ve also taken the initiative to avail tax professionals to answer any queries you may have and also explain the new tax law, as it relates to investors specifically and to present market conditions in general.

Featuring Renowned Speakers at the Forum

Robert Stein, Senior Economist with First Trust in Chicago, Illinois will share with his insights regarding the economy. Also a former Assistant Secretary of the Economic Policy for the US Treasury, Mr. Stein brings a host of valuable expertise to the forum.

Michael Jones is Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Riverfront Investment Group will address the group and also be available for participate interaction.

In addition to these valuable delegates, the forum will host several more vital viewpoints through a carefully selected expert panel. This event will bring a lot of value to the residents of the area and owners of property that this type of information will impact.

How to Register for This Exciting Opportunity

By visiting this site, you can find valuable information about the event, location details, contact information and more – all in one convenient spot. The official organizers of the forum are Pyle Cunningham Wealth Management Group and for information on the venue, here is the link for more on the Myrtle Convention Center.