You're not entitled to the fruits of someone else's labor.

So comparing buying real estate inside a tax-deferred account vs. personally is like comparing apples and oranges (I like both fruits btw :-), but there are number of other factors you must consider when you making investment plans and determinations.

O'Donnell's idiotic witchcraft is only the beginning too...that was the low-hanging fruit.

Quality doesn't cost, it pays.Shop hard, bargain hard, enjoy the fruits of what you have bargained for.The worst purchase you can ever make is a "new" car.

This way you still have your "baskets" but you can put them to better use so there is more "cash" when you go to pull from them.

The low hanging fruit in Atlanta (and most other places) is long gone.

It would be assanine to put all your eggs in one basket, just ask folks who invested heavily in Phoenix, or Las Vegas, or Denver, or Silicon Valley, or Orange County in 1995-2005.If you all want to have a smart a$$ exchange, I can hang with you all day long.

All fruit like that taste really, really good.I purchased a storage facility in Bonita Springs in 2009.

No matter what is done to the unit , it will get used up and I have to start all over when they leave...So now, a nice paint job throughout; bathrooms and kitchen sinks function well;flooring is usually wooden and shiny;and a cute little welcome basket and VOILA!

Don't get me wrong, REI can be very fruitful!