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Well since I make a living in the real estate market you know I am bullish on the Tampa Florida real estate market. But forget about me does it make sense for you to invest in the real estate market? Let’s have the facts speak for themselves. Let’s think of every stock market bubble and why they crash. It is because of speculation; everyone wants to cash in with fast returns from the latest hot stock and the stocks become overinflated and eventually people panic when they find out their over-inflated stocks are not worth as much as they thought and pull out to try and recoup their losses ; but it is to late the damage is done. This is exactly what happen in the Tampa real estate market and through the US beginning in 2005 and 2006 and one of the reasons why the real estate markets collapsed. You had people speculating based on news of great returns in real estate so everybody and their mother went out and bought two, three houses.

Let me ask you this question, how many experts in the media were predicting a real estate market collapse in 2005 and 2006? I don’t remember too many do you? But now all you hear is bad news in the media day after day on how terrible the real estate market and to an extent yes it is true (nobody was predicting when we would hit the top but everyone is an expert on when the bottom is going to hit) .

But while it is bad for home owners who are upside down, is it really bad for first time buyers and investors? I have a theory whether you want to call it a conspiracy theory or what but I believe there are powers at be controlling what is spued out from the media who want the market to stay down because they are building the real estate portfolio and will cash in down the road. Mark my words there will be a day again when all the media can do is find great news about how the real estate market is and that is when those powers at be will cash in on their portfolios. So don’t let the media tell you what you should do, do your own research and ask yourself this question, if today is not a good time to buy real estate then when is?

Don’t get me wrong I am not blaming the media for the woes of the real estate market but they sure do like to point out all the negatives about the market. Why don’t you hear stories of the first time home buyers who now can afford to purchase a home when a few years it would have been impossible? That my friends is just not sexy to the media so you just don’t hear about it.

The great financial wizard Warren Buffet once said buy when others are fearful. Are people fearful in buying real estate now?  Yes people are because they are afraid of the market going down even further. If we all had a crystal ball most would have sold their homes before the real estate market crash. Now everyone is pretending they have a crystal ball but no one really knows when the bottom will come or if it is already here.

Please check out this article on the top ten cities for rental investment opportunities Tampa is ranked #9

So what do you think? Is now a good time to buy and invest in real estate?

Danny Nappi is a tech-savvy real estate broker who enjoys sports, poker, travelling and beaches when not selling real estate. Danny specializes in the Tampa Florida and Brandon real estate markets.

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