1. Real Estate can Provide Steady Income - If you have made a good investment, you can recoup your investment from the income that the property will generate in a fairly good length of time. You need to earmark part of the income for renovations and repairs but generally, you should be able to earn good money from your investment.

2. Cash Flow Can be Easily Worked Out - You can arrange your loans and financing so that the monthly income generated from your properties can be greater than your debt payments

3. Real Estate Depreciation Offers Tax Advantages - While your property's value depreciates in your book prompting lower tax payments, it does not mean the property's market value has depreciated.

4. Controlled Profits - There are many ways you can control the profit you make from a real estate property. One such instance is when you improve a house to raise its value. You may purchase properties in bad need of repairs and improve the house so you can resell it or rent it out for good gains.

5. Government Tax Brakes - In the United States, real estate investors take advantage of the 1031 exchange. The 1031 exchange allows for investors not to pay taxes on profits made from real estate sales for as long as the money was re-invested to real estate.