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Re:Stop Buying Real Estate in SF by mrfusion on Friday January 15, 2016 @08:43AM (#10909211)
There's a gold etf that's easy to own.
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Re:Stop Buying Real Estate in SF by prostoalex on Friday January 15, 2016 @04:52PM (#10912429)
Yeah, I guess I skipped over the fact that a home has property taxes and insurance/maintenance costs that would add up.

I think the key is the optionality of real estate for income purposes. In a down market real estate can still generate some monthly cashflow, the only way one could do it with gold ETF is lend out the shares to short-sellers.

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