Real estate is one leg, the stock market is the second leg, and (business interests, bonds, CDs, Treasuries, FX, etc) can form the third leg of the stool.  

Junk bonds gives you better interest than treasury bonds, but that does not mean they are better.The way I see it, for every house I have 2 investments: One is a very low risk for the land (like a treasury bond) giving me a return comparable with inflation.

Since the 20 yr treasury is at 1% and the average High Yield Corp bond with a similar duration is 11%, a good baseline guess for a risk premium is 10%.

Every now and then I will see these in their own Treasury auctions along with cars, boats, planes, jewelry, etc.If they were notified in the original foreclosure action, probably they have certain time frame to respond....Not sure if it will tell you what you need to know, but you might check this website.https://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/m...I would plan on paying them off, but maybe you get lucky and they drop them.   

Quite the opposite I think the concern is that the only way the government can afford to supplement workers income is to print money via treasuries that will artificially inflate asset prices and create an even greater divide between the haves and have nots. 

For people who have low mortgage rates, it's better to put excess cash in a money market, savings account, CD, or treasury note and earn 5% rather than to pay down a mortgage that has a rate that less than 5%. 

With the Prime Rate at 7.75% and 1 year zero-risk treasuries at 4.3%, do you actually think anyone is going to lend money to you at 5.5%?

% cash on cash return and I sleep as well as if it where invested in treasury bonds.

US Treasury has been delaying a catastrophe for sometime by printing cash and issuing IOU T-bills.

It is not a "title company" requirement, but a requirement contained in the Treasury Regulations.