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Re:The best investment I never made by moocow01 on Sunday June 24, 2012 @08:25PM (#4154621)
"For example if you can start a new business with $50,000 then sell 20% of it to an investor for $200,000 in 1 or two years, you’ve created $1m worth of value in that time. Do you think if you bought a property for $1m with a 10% deposit, it would be worth $2m in two years or less? No way."

Sorry but I have to point out that this is a very flawed comparison. How much work did you put into that house? - I think the assumption here is none. How much work did you put into your business? - depending on how much you consider your rate to be probably a lot... potentially even more than $200,000.

A more fair comparison would be an actual home builder or developer and there are many that do just this and could cite comparable or even much higher returns.

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Re:The best investment I never made by michael_fine on Sunday June 24, 2012 @08:50PM (#4154682)
What a lot of people miss when comparing the returns of a home to say, the stock market, is that a home also provides a place to live. Of course a home would return less, because if it didn't the price would quickly shoot up because people see the inherent value in having your (lackluster) investment put a roof over your head.
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