Private Lending vs Rental Property vs ?

[Raj G.]

Hi, Just wondering if somebody has $500K cash, what are best investment ideas.

1. Private lending assuming return of 12%.

2. buy some rental property : 15 years Loan with 20% down payment, I can buy 3 two family homes each cost $500k to $600k, each home will give rental income about $4000 to $5000 per month, it will cover at least all expense like tax+Mortgage+some repairs etc and once loan is done you got property, there may be or may not be any cash flow, but you have property loan free in 15 years.

or something else

I Know lending is pure passive with minimum efforts while rental property has some pain, here my comparison comparsion on RoI(return on Investment), in rental property what is expected % return as compared to lending.

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