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The most known myth in real estate investing is that you can only make profits when the real estate market is up. It is very true that more people make huge profit with rising markets, the most often reason is luck, not the good market timing. Investing with the right knowledge, one could make profit in any real estate market, but only criteria for this is you should know the market, so that you plan your investing strategy to fit that market. Most people think of the real estate market as something, which is calculated like the stock market - bearish or bullish. There are facts and figures that the media reports on the housing market on an every day basis.

Local Market

Most of these facts and figures are based on nationwide statistics. The nationwide statistics are not very important to an investor who buys in local markets. In short, one needs to concentrate more on local trends rather than national, with the following two exceptions:

1. Interest rates. Interest rates on mortgage loans are normally maintained by nationwide and even global factors, such as the Federal Reserve rate, global markets and competing investments for instance stocks and bonds. When interest rates fall, real estate housing becomes cheaper nationwide as the monthly payments are lower. However, the flip side of the equation is that when rates rise, chiefly for borrowers who are getting adjustable rate loans, the default rate would also increase, causing an increase in foreclosures.

2. Income Taxes. Federal income tax rates, mostly on investment properties could have sweeping changes on the real estate investing market nationwide. A prime example was the Tax Reform Act of 1987, which changed depreciation rules on real estate investing properties and was a major reason to the downfall of real estate in many parts of the existing Country. Federal income tax rates, especially on investment properties could have sweeping changes on the real estate market nationwide.

The bottom line is to teach yourself in all aspects of national and local markets before you act. As Abraham Lincoln once said, "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe".