Sometimes majority of individuals think that building a house is an investment but personally I would say that this is an accomplishment and never an investment. Many individuals feel that this view and perspective of mine is wrong, and of ...Read more
Sometimes majority of individuals think that building a house is an investment but personally I would say that this is an accomplishment and never an investment. Many individuals feel that this view and perspective of mine is wrong, and of course building a house whether for commercial or private use is an investment. Anyways, what do you guys think?
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In theory, building the house itself (without land) is not an investment because the value of the house will be depreciated every year, it also requires maintenance costs, so if you calculate the value of the building it will decrease, making it impossible to get capital gains. But if the value of tRead more
In theory, building the house itself (without land) is not an investment because the value of the house will be depreciated every year, it also requires maintenance costs, so if you calculate the value of the building it will decrease, making it impossible to get capital gains. But if the value of the land and the house building that you rent out will get rent every year which might be able to cover depreciation and maintenance costs. Meanwhile, the value of land will increase every year, so if you build a house on your own land, the value will also increase, even if you use it as a place to live and this is also known as an investment.
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