When Is the Right Time to Invest?

Many People will often ask when is the right time to buy properties? Should I wait? Should I hold until the prices drop? Should I buy more tomorrow? What should I do? When's the perfect time for me? And the answer really can be picked up from the Chinese proverb, £when was the best time to plant a tree?”  “he best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second-best time to plant a tree is right now.”  The point of this proverb is to say that if you want success and growth in the future, you need to start now.  one of the people that we speak to and most people are not skillful enough and knowledgeable enough to be able to time the market.  So, what you need to remember is that time in the market is going to serve you far better than timing the market.  Time in the market is predictable, you buy property, you hold, you wait over the longer term because of supply and demand it should rise in price.  If you time the market, you may get very lucky, you might buy something at the perfect time, but you may not have a clue.  You might be buying completely the wrong thing, you may be buying at completely the wrong time, or you may just be wasting time sitting on the sidelines, looking at when you should buy.  Now, obviously it's entirely up to you, the most important factors are these.  You need to actually have the capability to invest when the time is right for you.  So, you need to have the liquid capital or lending ready to go.  You need to have the right team in place, ready to act for you and work on your property portfolio and building it on your behalf.  And you need to be happy with the risks.

There's always risk that comes into play.  But if you've got the money, if you've got the team and you're happy with the risk, when's the best time to invest? I'd say it's always going to be right now.