I would say, when looking at a span of 30 years though, the main benefit is usually appreciation.Not to mention, there are 3 other benefits to owning real estate!

We had a running toilet that tripled bills over a few month time span. 

Check this out: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/111-Albion-St-Savannah-GA...The majority of the structure is on the lot, 111 Albion, but it spans into the adjacent lot.

Peace of mind for you on actual life span.

High monthly mortgages, **** DTI, no reserves.There was a 10-11 year span where houses were intrinsic.

Also, housing market crashed usually happen over a span of years so things will likely get worse before they get better.

@Dave Foster: Do you happen to know, theoretically, On a flip that spans two tax years, Does $10,000 in improvement & $10,000 in repairs come out relatively the same tax wise if the property is sold in 18 months from start to finish? 

Hi all ... I have several flips that I purchased in 2022 and will get executed in 2023.  Same with rentals where I purchased in 2021 and fixed them up and started renting them in 2022.  My questions are how do I accou...

Learned quite a bit in the span of 4 pages of reading. 

On a macro level given a long enough time span home prices will ultimately track inflation rates.