Investing in Real Estate without Investing in Real Estate

 The title to this post may sound rather contradictory, but we’re going to talk today about a common strategy when it comes to making your money grow and using real estate to do it, but without actually purchasing any real property – trust deed investing.  With trust deed investing, you can participate in the returns of real estate investing, but without the hassle of identifying, acquiring, fixing, maintaining, managing and eventually reselling actual real estate.

What is Trust Deed Investing?

Simply put, trust deed investing is when you loan money to someone and that loan is secured by real property.  You can think of it like a mortgage where you are the bank.  In this way, you can earn interest by loaning money to someone where this loan is tied to a property, and if they fail to pay back that loan, you can sell that property to recover your investment.

Now, this has been a simplified explanation of trust deed investing so it may be useful to dive a bit deeper into the details.

Due Diligence!

First and foremost you must complete due diligence...To learn more, visit the Realty Mogul blog.