Can I pay for the property in cash and from my own funds?

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Here is the transcript of episode 28 to read:

Can I pay for the property in cash? No, that is not possible. This is because it is forbidden in Germany to pay for a property in cash for money laundering reasons. Then, of course, there is a suspicion of money laundering. That is why it is usually so and actually always so that even if you have the purchase price cash, you will of course do it by a bank transfer. Because if the notary informs you that the priority notice of conveyance is registered in the land register and the land register is free of encumbrances for you and the notary and you have the security to pay the purchase price safely, then you will not do it in cash in any case, but by a bank transfer.

But joking aside. You ask whether you have to finance a property if you have enough money, or whether you can also pay for the investment property from your own funds. Of course you can do that too, but the better leverage is if you finance at least a part of it. Because if you bring in a lot of equity, you get particularly favorable loan conditions and can have the loan repaid by the tenant and the tax office.

And if you do the math, you will very often come to the decision that even if you could pay for the property in cash, you would not do it, but probably prefer to buy two properties, pay half of both and the other half of the tenant and the tax office about the repayment of the pro rata financing settled. But in principle, there is nothing against also paying for a property from your own funds, but please do it by bank transfer for money laundering reasons.

Keywords:
Real estate, pay cash, money laundering, transfer, own funds, investment property, loan, tenant, tax office, repayment