Financing real estate can be quite expensive so its very rare that real estate investors pay the entire amount of the purchase price in cash. Usually a large portion of the purchase if financed with financial instruments or debt. The amount of the purchase financed with debt is called leverage. Forbes' article Top 10 Sources of Funding entails a list of financing options for start-ups. For some more creative ways to finance real estate, this article states for other methods people use for financing.
