There are primarily 5 reasons for doing it?
Cash flow:
What is cash flow exactly? Well, to put it in simplest terms, cash flow is what
money you have left over after the EMI, the taxes, and the insurance have been paid.
If your property is earning good rent and if that exceeds the net costs (EMIs +
Taxes) then from that day on this Income becomes your “Real Estate income”.
The trick here is to buy the property early at low cost in a high demand area like
near MNCs (IT & ITES sectors)
Appreciation:
The cost of the property goes on increasing. With the India’s high growth potential
this trend would continue upwards.
Low Risk:
Its one of the most stable investments that can be passed on to the next generation.
Someone Else pays off your debts:
The tenant pays of your debts and builds your equity over a period of time.
Easy Financing:
To get loan for buying a property is a lot easier than any other investment.
For example: No bank will finance you to buy 3 lacs worth of Shares/mutual
funds but the same bank would easily finance you to buy 30 lac worth of property.
The reason being: For shares you need to show some security but the property
itself works as a security for itself. Hence the easy financing.