honobob
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thats the point , real estate is a full time deal with multi family dwellings to be successful at it. merely buying a single family home and going into the part time rental business will probley not be worth it long term compared to other nusance free investments in fact statistically it has not .
Mathjak107, I spend maybe 8-12 hours a year dealing with my rentals. My single family required an investment of $5,000 and is now worth $600,000 (in the SFBay area) and has provided me housing at a fraction of what it would cost me to rent and has provided tens of thousands in cash when I've refinanced at no extra cost. That's thousands a year that I can diversify into other investments or more real estate or heck, for a toy.
Not to say that that is true for all markets of the country but at least in Honolulu/SFBay/even Vegas I have made more money than I have made in the stock market. Making 8-12% on my money in the market cannot come close to my real estate returns. Am I doing something wrong? Can you give me an example of where an average bob can duplicate my $5,000 investment in 1986? I'd really like to know. Thanks!