I just looked at some bigger tech stocks and the only ones that I can see worth holding are Microsoft and Apple since these are trending up from when you bought.

The goal is to try to get an apples-to-apples com- parison of the selling prices, where the only difference between the properties is the fact that they are being sold as "distressed" sales. 

And then look at that (inevitable) cost per-unit per-month leading up to that expense in 10 years.But, like I said before, nothing is every apples-to-apples.

Unless it is a new issue...it can be insured...Apple guarantees it for 1 year anyway...you pay for the second year.As for the AT&T salesperson...I hate dumb people....I am sure our AT&T sales guy(mentioned above) can better answer these questions!

Realize you need to get to apples to apples, but something is off with your rate4.  316 Wapping street.  

B&H is like comparing apples-and-oranges.

You should not overlook the Pocono's, lot of people live here and commute to the Big Apple.

It's one thing to walk away and over to another apple vendor than it is to go through the back and forth emails.

I also buy my Apple products that way, do my Black Friday shopping, etc.  

Comparing buy & hold investing with an IRA to similar investments made with non-IRA funds is comparing apples and oranges.