I'm wondering, why would I rent out a single family home vs putting my money in a stock market index fund? Index funds seem like they're less hassle, but do they consistently perform worse than real estate? If I'm put...

“With Bitcoin, why do you need the stock market?’ has been the saying of late, “Doll says.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/27/bitcoin-is-speculative-but-its-run-to-9600-is-amazing-bob-doll.html?recirc=taboolainternal
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Thanks to the US Subprime Fallout and resulting economic decline, we're starting to see global markets collapse.
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Stock markets around the world are down today across the board, with most of the largest and most im...

Not sure if I mentioned that today. Yes, I am 100% invested in Index Funds , and yes, I am staying the course (Probably take years to recover the losses), and yes I believe in "Buy and Hold". It just stinks to see ten...

Just curious to know if any of ya have yalls personal money in the stock market. Is it even worth the hassle and investment to also do that as well along real estate?

Hello again BP community,

I have 13k in the bank. I want to get to 20k( will take another 6 months), at which point I will feel comfortable enough to dive into real estate investing (house hack situation). Should I b...

Group,
I dont know about doing RE or not. I know BP is all about RE (which is awesome), but look at what the stock market did today (2/24/20) for example. I went into my PM brokerage account (using my smart phone) an...

I'm an 18 year old college student. I have about $5000 in savings and a part time job. Should I try to pursue buying a small single family home and get an FHA loan or look into investing in the stock market? Any advic...

There was a recent discussion thread along these lines. I think Dilbert understands it best. If you are still investing in the stock market, my bet is that you either never worked for these big Fortune 500 type c...

I'm wondering if there is a way you can avoid paying capital gains tax on stock market trades if you put that money into a real estate deal? Sort of like 1031 (Although 1031 explicitly says ETS/Stocks do not qualify f...