* How does the stock market compare to real estate?

Plus books are cheap compared to a lot of these seminars and clinics...

Purchasing multi-family units are excellent investment choices (in my opinion , the best right now), particularly new constuction as they come with builder warranties (little or no maintenance costs for 1-2 years), they will have greater future appreciation (compared with older units), and they will be easier to sell when the market turns to an upswing.As others have mentioned, due your homework (due diligence) and most importantly, run the numbers to make sure the deal makes sense.

Well, I guess not that complex compared to buying and renting out houses, but still not easy.

See who other agents in your area and using and compare them would probably be the best way to go.

Okay since I got into the REI game and realized how much money there is out there I am constantly on the computer comparing deals.

In this case, the lender should obtain some comparables from a real estate agent/ broker to estimate an approximate as-is value of the property.

I have been looking at a few options and comparing them but haven't decided on one yet.

Some of the houses are 65 to 70 cents on the dollar compared to the value last year.

How would you compare each one of those web browsers versus Internet Explorer?