True, the vast majority of RE is long term - that's what people have to accept. Yes, we know about the guy who bought a house, put $X into it and sold it for 100 times $X 6 months later, but that's not the norm. If you're going to move every 3 years, renting is a better bet, IMO. But at some point you have to grow up and not move every 3 years, lol.
Personally (knock on wood) I've never lost money on RE. Even the 2nd house my ex-husband and I bought that I had to sell at a bargain price to get out of when he left after 6 months of buying it in my name, I broke even on - and that's including all the work we did on it.
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