Why RE is the best investment when fits your life style

Case 1:

 

Professional couple; no kids, love the ocean/sand/sun. Sold most of their stock portfolio in 2000; bought 3 beach front duplexes from 2000-2003 (prime location). Only deal with summer rental; minimum positive cash flow (less than 2%). But the beach front properties have tripled the values. They got to enjoy all that summer fun! 

 

Case 2:

 

IT professional couple with 3 kids (all went to private grade schools; oldest one just graduated from Med school). Both left the high tech company in 2000 due to downsize/buyout. Main investment is buying the fixer upper in best school district as rental since late 80^th (positive cash flow about 10%). Now they are the full time landlords with 15 properties; the flexable time allowed them to enjoy their kid's activities!

所有跟帖： 

• Ding!!! -jy101- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2010 postreply 07:49:37

• 目前房市适逢历史低点,百年不遇的好机会. -初易- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2010 postreply 08:12:27

• 就怕是漫长调整期,这其间要与人斗,与天斗,与银行斗 -hetero- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2010 postreply 08:18:53

• 我在2000年买房时碰到经纪很多都劝我不要买 -hetero- ♂ (49 bytes) () 11/22/2010 postreply 08:20:46

• timing --- right after 2000, otherwise deep shit hole -hetero- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2010 postreply 08:17:14

• 2000? -想家了吗- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2010 postreply 08:48:40

• Location and timing are the key for their success -温馨收租婆- ♀ (48 bytes) () 11/22/2010 postreply 11:03:40

• Why RE is NOT the best investment when fits your life style? -屋漏痕- ♂ (2573 bytes) () 11/22/2010 postreply 09:41:06

• It 's such a good point about investment you have made! -IntoTheWild- ♂ (582 bytes) () 11/22/2010 postreply 10:12:50

• 说的好！不过不尝一尝，不知道梨子的滋味！ -hao-hao-cai- ♂ (168 bytes) () 11/22/2010 postreply 10:23:34

• 你很不幸尝到了一个坏梨：） -北燕- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2010 postreply 10:40:18

• 恭喜你的是好梨，这里尝到好梨的肯定是大多数？ -hao-hao-cai- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2010 postreply 10:50:35

• 做好尝到烂梨的准备，结果发现比想像的好些。 -北燕- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2010 postreply 11:05:03

• 坏事变好事啦，现在每天都高高兴兴地享受生活 -hao-hao-cai- ♂ (156 bytes) () 11/22/2010 postreply 11:15:42

• 多好的日子，知足吧。 -北燕- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2010 postreply 11:22:53

• Ding, That’s a successful story too :-) -温馨收租婆- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2010 postreply 11:31:36

• sometimes a loss is a good thing -noconfusion- ♂ (91 bytes) () 11/22/2010 postreply 12:02:57

• Nice Spin, Mental Gymnastics at its peak -liarlies- ♂ (405 bytes) () 11/22/2010 postreply 11:26:05