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Real Estate Investing: What Rights Are Valuable & Important When Buying A Property?

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Most real estate is a collection of rights. These rights may be bundled or separated when buying and selling real estate. Which can substantially change the value of your investments.


This is a part of the industry which many investors overlook. Yet, it can be very impactful. It may become far more important to many investors in this changing market.


Especially for those who are embracing new niches, property types, and areas as they strive to keep up their deal flow and incomes. As well as when dealing with increasingly motivated sellers who need to move fast.


Real Estate Rights

There are many types of rights. Newer investors often take for granted that all of these rights are bundled together and are included in the purchase when they are buying property. That’s not always the case.


Some rights may be specifically excluded, or no longer owned by the seller. In other cases, just the rights can be bought, sold and leased.


By being alert to these factors, you may be able to strike deals where others fail to see the true value. Or be able to extract more value than just from the land and existing improvements. At a minimum, this awareness can save you enormous headaches and financial losses. You’ve got to know what to look for.


Types Of Rights

Oil and mineral rights can be a big one. In places like Texas, it may be very common for land to be sold separately to the rights to the oil and gas underneath it. Be sure you keep this in mind when looking at comps.


Water rights may be one of the most important. This can apply to water access and ownership rights. There have been notorious cases when waterfront property has been sold, only for new owners to later find out that they don’t own their docks or rights to water frontage.


Access to water under the ground is huge too. Whether it is for drinking or irrigation, rights to use that water, and how much can make a huge difference.


Air rights determine what can be built, and may or may not obstruct views from neighboring properties.


Rights of way and easements dictate access to a property. Either by the owners or others. Easements may make some of the land unusable. Or may be vital to accessing your property, without getting landlocked.


Think about these factors, and how you can work them into your checklists, or use them to create more value and income.

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