Putting a value on investment property
Although you may not think so from reading the newspaper or watching television, people are continuing to invest in real estate as part of their financial plan for the future.
Yes, we may not see the double-digit appreciation numbers of the past several years here in the Napa Valley, but the other benefits of owning real estate have hardly gone away.
The ability to borrow 80 percent of the value of an investment property will turn a modest 5 percent appreciation in value into a 25 percent return on your initial investment.