Is real estate really the best place to park your money? A hard look at the numbers
Folks with cash to invest have plenty of choices, yet most still park their money in four walls and a roof.
But if you’re neutral on the rent-versus-buy debate, the real question becomes whether homeownership delivers the biggest bang for your buck.
Inflation matters because it’s a sneaky thief. When you sell that house, stock or other asset, your money isn’t worth what it was when you bought it. You have to bake that erosion into any math on what your investments truly earned.
Now, investment options abound, but let’s concentrate on the two crowd favourites that historically outpace inflation: real estate and equities.
