Chapter 13
Real-Estate Investing
IN THIS CHAPTER
Taking stock of real-estate investment benefits and drawbacks
Surveying your best real-estate investment options
Understanding which investments you should avoid
Evaluating properties and locations
If you’ve already bought your own home (and even if you haven’t), using real estate as an investment may interest you. Over the decades and generations, real-estate investing, like the stock market and small-business investments, has generated notable wealth for participants. (See Chapter 10 for more on the rate of return from various investments.)
Real estate is like other types of ownership investments, such as stocks, where you have an ownership stake in an asset. Although you have the potential for significant profits, don’t forget that you also accept greater risk. Real estate isn’t a gravy train or a simple way to get wealthy. Like stocks, real estate goes through good and bad performance periods. Most people who make money investing ...
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