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what differentiates a real estate investor from a speculator?
by AznHisoka 9y ago
what differentiates a real estate investor from a speculator?
- frgtpsswrdlame 9y agoDiversification? Although drawing the line there would put plenty of big time "investors" on the speculator side. Maybe it's just a distiction without a difference.
- rsynnott 9y agoThe speculator buys property because they expect it to go up in value; the rent is just covering part of their costs. For instance, if you have an "investment" property, but the rent doesn't cover the interest component of the mortgage, but you think that's okay because you expect it to go up in value, you're a speculator, not an investor.
- AznHisoka 9y agoOk, so anyone who invests in stocks with no dividends is also a speculator too by your definition? Or is the criteria different for stock investors?