Quote Originally Posted by finalleaf View Post
I think one thing to note is the leverage that you get in real estate with the mortgages, really really really cheap leverage, so your gains are on top of very small principle.

e.g cant really compare 500k house (on 5% down and well used to be 3% interest) appreciation vs 500k in stocks appreciation if the leverage are different
I was looking at cash on cash returns and most folks were investors were between 8-12%. Granted, this was before this recent real estate rally