https://realtybiznews.com/boring-makes-the-best-investment/98726815/ With the latest on mortgages, refinancing, real estate & home tips Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:26:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 https://realtybiznews.com/boring-makes-the-best-investment/98726815/#comment-276615 Tue, 16 Dec 2014 18:40:32 +0000 https://realtybiznews.com/?p=26815#comment-276615 Victor,
I completely agree with your comment. I probably could worded what I wrote a little better.
Thanks for your insightful comment.
Brian

]]> https://realtybiznews.com/boring-makes-the-best-investment/98726815/#comment-276614 Tue, 16 Dec 2014 18:24:50 +0000 https://realtybiznews.com/?p=26815#comment-276614 Hi Brian, I totally agree boring is good and consistent and low risk, and just focusing on percentages can lead to bad decisions. The only comment I disagree with is “by taking more risk in the real estate market” relative to the stock market you can get a higher return in RE. To me, the stock market is much more risky than my boring long term cash flow based real estate investments. Fundamentally the stock market is more speculative and the real estate investments (I make) are based on todays numbers. Real Estate (a lagging indicator for the economy) follows the stock market (a leading indicator), so with a solid cash flow return of 6-8% (which beats stock paying dividends) I can still enjoy long term appreciation of 5-6% and have 11-14% total with very low risk. However, people say the stock market has been doing 15-20% a year in this bull run, and I say that’s great, because for my leveraged investments (e.g. 25% down) in real estate, market appreciation just amplifies my return and I again beat the market.

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