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Originally Posted by FlyingScot
I won't presume to tell you how to invest, but one gigantic difference between real estate as you describe it, and a typical buy and hold portfolio of equity and debt index funds from someplace like Vanguard or Fidelity, is that the real estate requires a huge amount of work. It's as much a hobby or part time job as it is an investment. This could be a plus or a minus, depending on your interests
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Quite a bit worse. Unlike a REIT that has a portfolio with some diversified risk, a single property - raw land - has heavy acquisition costs, liquidation costs, and heavy carrying costs.