Housing Can’t Be Both Affordable and a Good Investment (2018)

Re:Housing Can’t Be Both Affordable and a Good Investment (2... by Doubl on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @08:13PM (#19803104)

Also it's one of the few investments where you can borrow to invest and this get a multiplier effect on any returns

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Re:Housing Can’t Be Both Affordable and a Good Investment (2... by onlyrealcuzzo on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @08:39PM (#19803302)

Anyone can get leverage in Forex.

Housing, though, is the only place where you can get leverage with literally 0% down.

Real Estate is also MUCH less volatile than the stock market, which (I think) makes it seem less risky (and maybe factually is, but I don't know for sure).

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Re:Housing Can’t Be Both Affordable and a Good Investment (2... by test6554 on Thursday May 02, 2019 @02:29AM (#19805278)

What about maintenance though?

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Re:Housing Can’t Be Both Affordable and a Good Investment (2... by fjsolwmv on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @09:08PM (#19803514)

Banks give out loans with 0% down.

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Re:Housing Can’t Be Both Affordable and a Good Investment (2... by jlokier on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @09:24PM (#19803640)

That's where "leverage" comes in.

Typically if you don't have a house, you can't get a big bank loan either.

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Re:Housing Can’t Be Both Affordable and a Good Investment (2... by fjsolwmv on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @09:08PM (#19803505)

You are conflating investment with collateral. Any property you own can be collateral for a loan whose proceeds you can invest.

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