Excerpt from:  Buying and Owning a Second Home
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September 17, 2009

Buying a Distressed Ski Resort Home

There are advantages to buying distressed ski resort real estate
One of the things that has been seen with greater frequency after the housing market crash has been the incidence of distressed homes on the market. This is also true of ski resort real estate. If you are interested in getting a good deal on some real estate, you might consider a distressed ski resort home.

Advantages of buying a distressed ski resort home

A distressed home is one that is bank owned, or that is in foreclosure or pre-foreclosure. The owner can't afford to keep it, or the bank just wants to unload it. Because of this, distressed ski resort real estate has these potential advantages:
  1. Low cost: You can buy distressed ski resort real estate for 20% to 50% (or more) below market value.
  2. Investment possibilities: There is the potential for higher resale value if you turn around and sell the ski resort home in a year or so. Additionally, there is possibility that you can rent it out and get more incoming than what you pay on the mortgage.
  3. Low risks: If you get a bank owned property, you are more likely to find that it is free of liens and that the title is clean.
Of course, there are some risks. One of them being that many distressed homes have been vandalized or have fallen in disrepair. You may have to fix up a distressed ski resort home that you buy. However, if you are careful about it, buying distressed ski resort real estate can be a good move.
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