Of course, mot financial institutions don't allow the practice because they'd prefer you invest in their chosen stocks, funds and bonds instead.

Does a stock broker introduce his clients to each outher?

Much of what he advocates for the Stock market just seemed a perfect fit for buy/hold.Buy something you would like to hold for 20years, research the company(property), sell when it will make you a certain percentage.Homer Simpson said it well "Doh"!

If you want to invest in real estate (or stocks, bonds, bank CDs, or pork bellies), you really have to figure out a way to accumulate some cash to make that investment.

Even if yo lose some money with a stock, buy for $40 sell for $30, you only lost 25%.

I've read a few comments here on the forums from people who are not into the stock market....

I think real estate would be a better fit for my personality than investing strictly in the stock market.

It's like buying into the stock market in 2000, or 2007 then selling a couple of years later.

I forgot to take before pics so I am using the stock mls pics of the place.

so said Warren Buffett at the annual Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder's meeting last Saturday.And while he was talking about the Stock Market, I think that it applies equally well to Real Estate.