http://bawldguy.com/stocks-vs-real-estate-both-down-now-long-term-re-still-easy-winner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stocks-vs-real-estate-both-down-now-long-term-re-still-easy-winner Real Estate Investing Through Purposeful Planning Sun, 20 May 2012 02:11:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://bawldguy.com/stocks-vs-real-estate-both-down-now-long-term-re-still-easy-winner/#comment-2164 Brian Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:00:36 +0000 http://www.bawldguy.com/stocks-vs-real-estate-both-down-now-long-term-re-still-easy-winner/#comment-2164 Hi, Thanks for this post. I'm in my research phase of deciding what to do with the $50,000 in a growing mutual fund that is a 5% salary match from my school. I got a bit scared when the market dipped two years ago. What if I was 68 and not my current age of 38 years old...and that was my retirement? Yikes. When I search for "real estate vs. stocks" articles, every other article mentions the benefits of the other. I'm still confused about what to do- withdraw the money (2% penalty) and buy a first investment property...or keep it in the market. I'm swayed by the concept of leverage, though, and I have two close friends who are in the real estate investment game (one with 3 properties, another with 50)...and extol the benefits of a long-term plan of buying a few properties within 10 years. Real estate simply "feels" safer to me. Thanks for your insight. -B Hi, Thanks for this post. I’m in my research phase of deciding what to do with the $50,000 in a growing mutual fund that is a 5% salary match from my school. I got a bit scared when the market dipped two years ago. What if I was 68 and not my current age of 38 years old…and that was my retirement? Yikes. When I search for “real estate vs. stocks” articles, every other article mentions the benefits of the other. I’m still confused about what to do- withdraw the money (2% penalty) and buy a first investment property…or keep it in the market. I’m swayed by the concept of leverage, though, and I have two close friends who are in the real estate investment game (one with 3 properties, another with 50)…and extol the benefits of a long-term plan of buying a few properties within 10 years. Real estate simply “feels” safer to me. Thanks for your insight. -B

]]> http://bawldguy.com/stocks-vs-real-estate-both-down-now-long-term-re-still-easy-winner/#comment-2163 Georgia Real Estate Investing » Make Your Money Work For You: Stocks vs. Real Estate Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:43:03 +0000 http://www.bawldguy.com/stocks-vs-real-estate-both-down-now-long-term-re-still-easy-winner/#comment-2163 [...] There have been numerous posts on this debate.  A great example comes from the BawldGuy Talking blog where it names Real Estate as the hands down winner.  You can see the full post here. [...] [...] There have been numerous posts on this debate.  A great example comes from the BawldGuy Talking blog where it names Real Estate as the hands down winner.  You can see the full post here. [...]

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