They have outperformed all other sectors in real estate without the hassles of tenants, toilets, trash and contractors.  

I have redefined wholesaling my own way and my results FAR outperforms anything I have seen here on BP.And don't make "realistic" goals for 8 months!

Even low risk mutual funds will probably outperform that.

I have a handful in PHX and Mesa that far outperform my Scottsdale ones. 

I've been sending direct mail for my investment company for a decade and in our market letters have always outperformed postcards.

For same $$$$, I can easily get two townhomes, with HOA so don't have to think about anything exterior ever, making for very simple management, and in a compression market these outperform all other classes of housing assets.

Some of the buy-and-hold investors on here are picking up AWESOME deals on rental property, where their returns will almost certainly outperform those of a REIT.

I've been out of the market for six months now, and probably can't give as good an answer as @Matt 'Roar' Gardner could, but it certainly seems to have outperformed other popular STR markets despite the uncertain economy.

My properties have greatly outperformed both the cap rate and appreciation numbers in the example giving me massive returnsIt’s not real estate itself that’s an amazing investment it’s the cheap high LTV financing that makes it potential amazing.

If the other investments will out-perform these properties - then it may be best to pass on the properties that are being offered to you.