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rr888
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The Portuguese can no longer afford to live in Por...
And the biggest reason people buy housing is that its been the best investment. The wealthiest people I know are the people that bought houses a long time back and kept leveraging up into buying more.
hnuser847
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That's the path I'm on right now, not because I love being a landlord, but simply because it's the best investment available.
megalord
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And that's exactly why are houses so damn expensive all over the world. Boom
pharmakom
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Equities have a higher return historically. Housing is interesting though because mortgages offer huge leverage to retail investors.
rr888
on Sept 2, 2022
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> Equities have a higher return historically
Maybe in the USA. In other countries real equity returns have been negative for decades.
pessimizer
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Housing only started beating inflation sometime in the late 90s.
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