Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-26
INVEST IN REAL ESTATE,
ADVICE OF PAUL COLLINS
President OF Virginia Realty Asso-
citation Says Property Safest
buy for Returns.
HOMES REDUCE LIVING COSTS
Investment in "Motllcr Earth"
Master Key to Americas biggest
Reconstruction Problem, Declares
Head of Realtors i'm Article.
Written Especially for hi Times-
Dispatch by Paul r. Collins,
President Virginia Real I:s-
tufr tsnOciutlon.

When the editor OF the Richmond
Times Dispatch asked me to con
ribut' II series OF articles on real
estate. I accepted with a decision to
bore right into the core." am
asked % first discuss 'Itcal Estate
as AN Investment" There is no uues-
ton 10 1t. It is the paramount DE-
STABILITY in the whole Investment,
galaxy. Real estate cannot be II &
s"d OF by thieves in the night nor
lost BY tn. owner in his daily rounds.
IL is What tho bank Itself or tho
real security IN matters where sub
stahtiai Euarantcc is asked. Its per
cent OF return Is on tho average much
stocks undcr the sun.
"l.cndinE Information"
LINZ" H'nI,actn puhiic has Jus; been
!nrnat!oh on real estate mattnrs.
We nave mad a season Of rent profit
.Infl"s hnve hten told that as "a ma
Ncw l"rH CITY tenants in the past.
year have bought over ls0,VOo.0U0
w"r,m W hr2perty to escape ever
pflni1 ihcic cvidcnc" OF the Desirable
itE o. real estate az an Investment"
Nnd IN view OF the fact that we ar.
informed tnat n period u: eight to-
ZEN years OF building to the ca pacity
limit viii be required TO NEE, the
n't,tn" tpr MONIES aic real estate
N.iu"s likely to take any serious
tprpIcf Homes arc one thing thai "A
rsc"nstruct!2n period VIII not cheapen
The man who has n lew hundred
dollars and Is saving 40 much a week
or month can i"akc NO wiser !nvcst-
,n.ht, IN my opinion. than 10 uuy i
iot or a home on payment terms.
tanks can fail. or money can l..
driWn out and spent when KIN power
wagons, but invested in a Nome IL
NIfatillf lsr.llFG hack "a ,,,lrht-. a,n
:ortin8 revenue. -
My real estate man who uses the
or stationery is "A mc,nb.- nr V,hSn
Naiiona! Association OF Zeal Estate
if"afds. and that word Is a protec-
non TO The buyer or seller. ii IN a
guarantee %! a square deal. There
49, as inHny ways TO ndvantarcousiy
Mv..i monoy As there arc different
= 'st'ncnt more secure than owninr a
.trcrl 3i good old mother earth II
y"m WIZ Inquire about the value ten
piece oc property In ne coun;rvH!
rilher Farm or city, business or resi-
Ion ,ha; wTijuii ,SsGmG q rise ~ ysiup.
T1wr.nH.nE figures that there IL no
hmnrn,Ijt. ".n' 80 sure, safe and cosy to
Invest In REM Estate.
man who invests in "a mo,or
cnr, diamonds. cXccss-s.vie clo;hes.
ana pens UP his vile and kidtIcs n,
an apartment. with Il small MAJ. ~,
Tor their recreation and br"otH .u.
3lthcr. N not on III. road 20 ihrIft ~
mes later pleasures and indcnc,S
enc" The people Of tho great state
"i slfE!nia can make No r,nrn
worthy New Years resolution ~
T.so!Ec to own n piece Of real rsin,:
our forcfathcrs were men Of .hrffs..:
We ar. RAPIDLY rounding iu,n -
'lnn OF sncndthr!fts. Thcr"fiS nIIon;y
OIL GOOD real estate in every ,.n,c;
muAitE and every section or III.
good old 4. $. \. that can he iou,rnt.
- payments and at Il right, nric.
'-h"h the squirrels know ennurl, -
80. As a NATION We could have no
,,,ti "pJcetlrc today than Ia
"MnN'n 10 Inc Importance OF ow,,lpD
og, OWL homes and all the real
go" we can acquire. 1t Will woru
"' nan wncn he himself Is too old
- "0Th. Il oUtWcars any form -;
80 .nsufRnce hat is written. 7, 90
III from IN" caprlccs OF Wall stree.
W"rr iiom'"s VIII Icducc Costs.
ainro homes Is the secret Of "a
en- "s;at" Is tho mastcr IL. IN
h;nsrica's biggest recon 80 10
nroblcm The Investment fcn lion
rs practical working. is cnr,nin, ~
nu,'kly convince any man 49,, -
n"t owned rcr! estate tina, ~ mns
,'ns bc"n wasting his time non q
hnu opportunities. Hiv - r., money
n"ii't, ana. start 10 amount ~ 81 4
.nin-' ~ better advice To vonn
,"hhN than Horace G-nscyanE men
m!,nltion TO go West and 10 an.
with the country. Wv grow up