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$250,000.00
How would you invest 250k in real estate.
I'm in northern va, really expensive here.
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You have two major advantages: youth and money. At your age you should be taking risks. Calculated risks, of course. But buying a property all cash is far too conservative. One of the biggest advantages of using real estate to build wealth is that you can leverage your money. It's hard to give specifics, but my piece of advice is to do your homework and leverage your $250k into a bigger property (or multiple properties).