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Old 03-10-2007, 09:37 AM  
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Originally Posted by Alex from Montreal View Post
That's is barely a 10% in annual return, and I didn't even consider the $45,000 he spent in renovation, nor the annual taxes, insurance and maintenance cost he spent throughout the years. If I where to had these expenses, his return would be alot less. He could have easily gotten that 10% return in stocks without paying all those expenses....
You're forgetting he would have had to pay rent if he didn't own his own home. Add that into the equation. Even if he was paying an average of $500 a month over 40 years (40 years ago it would have been less and now it would be more) - that's $240K he would have spent out of his pocket. And 10% return backed up by RE instead of stocks a year ain't horrible.
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