How to Make the Best Use of Income from Your Rental Property

Why Your Cash Flow Will Increase Even When Cost of Living Rises

 

Our clients are familiar with our Remote Control Retirement Riches formula. This is among the best and more reliable ways to create wealth for yourself and your family, and to secure your financial future. Real estate is, in a sense, an investment that pays for itself. When you take out a loan and buy a house, you then rent it out. The rental income generated then helps you repay the mortgage. Over time it generates a profit. So what is the right way to use these cash inflows?

Two ways to use your cash inflows.

If your investment is not generating a profit for you right now, it will do so in the future. This is because as the cost of living goes up, rental incomes do the same. However, your mortgage payment amounts will remain the same over the years because you're going to have the benefit of the 30-year fixed-rate loan. So you will have surplus cash. What do I do with this cash flow, my clients and people on social media sometimes ask me.
Well, one option is to create an emergency fund for expenses that may crop up for you as a landlord: maintenance, breakage, repairs, replacements etc. So you can put aside some money for this. On the other hand, you can accumulate your cash inflows and invest in more houses. You can buy more homes and further secure your financial future.

How I used my cash inflows.

There was a time when I was also putting money away for emergencies and contingencies. I would do this because I felt that as a landlord, I should have a way to defray expenses such as house maintenance, repairs and so on.  I soon realized, however, that this was not helping me meet my goal – which was to buy as many homes as possible. I was not making the best use of my liquid assets by parking them in a contingency fund.
The better option was to use the money and accumulate my cash flows to buy more homes, and then generate higher incomes. And what about the times when those expenses cropped up? I found that it made sense to open up a line of credit with the bank – to be used as and when needed. This is also what I would advise investors to do with the cash flow that their investments generate.
It makes sense to create wealth, for a more secure, prosperous future. For this to happen, you cannot afford to let your cash flows stagnate. You have to put them to the best use possible. If you would like to know more about our investment strategies, visit us at icgre.com. To get more real estate investing tips, check out my podcasts and videos.