Sorry I keep quoting you @Iman Yu I am on my cell phone and I'm not sure if the @username will alert you when I type it out manually.The mortgage payment I used above is what I'm basing off of my worksheet from my lender.

Yes, real estate gives you more control over your own financial destiny, but I never tell my clients to put all their eggs in one basket.

That’s a treasure trove of a question left wide open for commentary.I suppose both industries can breed greed.After all they each rely on a sales commission to bring home the bacon.Although agents have a fiduciary duty and code of ethics to put their party’s interest before their own, I suppose there are a few bad eggs in any profession.But I still believe that the days of a handshake are not gone.There are plenty of people out there making a living with integrity…

Also, consider that if you’re properly using asset allocation, you’re not going to drop your whole nest egg into one project.

As a borrower, I can assure you that you don't want all your eggs in one basket anyway.  

I guess I should pay for their cell phone and cable too. 

I currently own a chain of cell phone stores which has lead to increased interest in real estate investing.

I sold my condo at the beach & came out with $300,000.00, that would be my "nesting egg" so to speak, so....

I know that some use the diversity approach to buying properties so that they do not have all their eggs in one basket.

And for that matter, the 'symbols' of Easter are Pagan fertility symbols:  eggs, rabbits, etc.