Good housing stock?

I wouldn't put much stock in their estimate.

If that lender has other options that he can clearly make a better return on, and he can prove it and show it to you: rate of return, amount of dollars to the stock market, what everyone in that area is doing, that they're all making money investing in a local business or whatever, then the only way you're going to get him to come to the table is if you're offering a greater return than what they can get elsewhere with a lower risk.

You can put money in the stock market, but the risk is much higher.

Not to listen to all the “experts” on sites like this who claim the housing and stock market will crash this year.

Im currently thinking of buying stocks to pay off my mortgage.

I do everything including meeting up with the renter if necessary, cleaning, communication and stocking.

.- A flood of new capital driven by flight to safety from underperforming sectors (office, hospitality), as well as new capital from other areas (e.g. stock market is at the all-time high, but the future is uncertain).- Big boys are coming to the sector - case in point, Blackstone acquisition of Simply Self Storage.- Downward pressure on the cap rates from the competing new capital, while, at the same time, new supply applying downward pressure on rents.

One of those “streams” is company stock, which is publicly traded on the NASDAQ.

Obviously, he was talking about stock markets, not real estate, but I think the advice still applies.