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Is there any official data on "percentage of real estate investors that fail"?
Hey friends,
I've tried finding a statistic that has a cited source on "percentage of real estate investments that fail" and I'm coming up with a blank.
I'm thinking it would be hard to capture this data from anything other than tax returns, and even then, how could failure be defined? I imagine the amount of writeoffs and depreciation one could take on a a property will make it "look" like a failure when in fact it is an investment that does produce returns for it's owner.
I've seen some bold "95% of real estate investors fail" articles but none seem to cite a source.
Would love to hear if anyone's seen a good place to find this information!
I've tried finding a statistic that has a cited source on "percentage of real estate investments that fail" and I'm coming up with a blank.
I'm thinking it would be hard to capture this data from anything other than tax returns, and even then, how could failure be defined? I imagine the amount of writeoffs and depreciation one could take on a a property will make it "look" like a failure when in fact it is an investment that does produce returns for it's owner.
I've seen some bold "95% of real estate investors fail" articles but none seem to cite a source.
Would love to hear if anyone's seen a good place to find this information!