Certain amount: looking for investment opportunity

[Gene Jung]

I have 500k to allocate into real estate. Assume that I have taken care of retirement account and general stocks contribution. Also, assume a regular job so I do not need extra income. I want to invest 500k real estate somehow to protect against dollar devaluation. Please recommend/share ideas on where and how to do something. thank you

[Melanie P.]

DO NOT listen to the advice in this thread from syndicators to invest in syndication deals. These are investment promoters and the investments they market are highly speculative, difficult to evaluate and there is a high likelihood that you could lose your entire investment. Be very careful about sending money to anyone who claims to be an expert in one of these forums or who has a website that seems to talk a lot about the "easy investor life" without much discussion of the very serious risks involved in the investment. 

As to your money, I would say to stand by. There will be opportunity in the next year or two as real estate prices adjust to meet economic reality.