Also, the diversification it affords is great. 

This strategy allows you to buy one rental annually while maintaining stock market diversification.

Covid made diversification even more critical than ever before. 7.

Long-term rentals offer diversification, learning experience, and lower returns but may generate lower returns.

I totally agree about diversification.

Personally, I’d use it as a down payment to expand my rental portfolio, tapping into financing to acquire multiple properties for better diversification and cash flow.

This is truly passive for me and it's a very smart and important strategy and diversification for me now that I am over 50.

A balanced approach—leaving some 401(k) funds for diversification while allocating after-tax dollars to real estate—can optimize tax efficiency and meet retirement goals.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

Use census and trend data to evaluate overall markets - population growth, age, job growth, industry diversification etc.

And as for Jamie Dimon prices have doubled since he made his proclamation and his own traders are trading bitcoin futures so I wouldn't put too much stock in what he says.As to why buy real estate at all its for diversification.