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"Everyone is looking for better ways to grow their money. While real estate has long been a traditional way to increase your wealth, it\u2019s also a great way to lose everything. The web presents lots of opportunities for people to generate income, but few can match to potential returns of investing in premium domains. While the first rule of real estate is \u201Clocation, location, location\u201D, the most important rule for investing in premium domains is \u201Crelevance, relevance, relevance\u201D. Getting involved in premium domains can be better for your wallet than real estate.One: Lower Barrier to EntryIt takes a lot of time, energy, and money to invest in real estate. It doesn\u2019t matter if your flipping houses or buying rentals, you have to have a lot of money to make money. You also have to know what you are doing. Buy a house in the wrong neighborhood at the wrong time you are looking at financial disaster.But, when you get involved in the world of premium domains you can start with less than $100 and even buy some of the hottest online domains for a few thousand dollars. This is a lot cheaper than coming up with a down payment for a $300,000 fixer-upper. You also don\u2019t have to be an expert to make a smart investment in domains. You don\u2019t need to understand escrow or property taxes. You just need to know what people are looking for on the web. Luckily, keyword search data is freely available.Two: Better Source of Cash FlowEver see the classic Tim Hanks movie The Money Pit? It\u2019s easy to spend tens of thousands of dollars in real estate before ever making a dime back. When you buy the right domain you can often flip it quickly. Unlike housing, there are always new companies looking for the perfect web domain.But, much like you can also rent a house instead of flipping it, you can turn your domain into a cash generating website. While your site brings you in money, you are also increasing the value of the domain. Once you can show the site generates consistent traffic there will be a line of other investors and entrepreneurs lined up to take your asset off your hands.The right domains will always be in demand. Ever heard of 360.com? That domain sold for $17 million in February of this year. Your domain may not fetch that much, but it\u2019s not uncommon to turn a $500 investment into $5,000 or even $50,000. That\u2019s a better return than even the stock market. You also don\u2019t need to worry about all the best sites being taken. Z.com sold for $6.8 million in 2014. Three: The Market is More StableThe Great Recession taught investors and consumers many lessons, one of the most painful was, real estate won\u2019t always go up. Real estate in many places still hasn\u2019t recovered from its lofty heights from ten years ago. There are too many variables in the pricing of real estate. Everything from a natural disaster to a factory closing can send prices into a death spiral.Premium domain names are in demand by definition. Instead of dealing with local or even national economic conditions, the prices of premium domains are competitive globally. Economic trouble in one place will have little effect on the prices of a domain. Because there are only so many domain names available, there will always by an imbalance in the demand for great domain names and the supply available. Real estate may seem like the sexier investment choice. But, if you really want to grow your money, and you don\u2019t have much to start with, buying premium domains is a great way to become an Internet entrepreneur without risking your life savings."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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