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Old 03-10-2004, 09:07 AM  
Quotealex
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Originally posted by slapass


Stocks do 10% per year. This is a very long average. Real Estate does 3% per year. Pretty easy to get 4-1 leverage so that you make 12%. Then if cash flow is positive you add that in too.

Your example above is 200% return in "a few years". Even if costs ate 40k so that you only doubled, it would take a balanced stock portfolio 7.2 years to do that.
I think you are making the same mistake as alot people do concerning real estate ROI! They never add all the costs thay incured at acquiring, holding and selling real estate...
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