Originally Posted by
Gunfighter
The short answer is "YES!".
Long Answer is also "YES!", especially if you are lazy due to long term passive income.
A leveraged piece of income property has several unique characteristics that are not found in the market.
1) Property appreciation - Typically tied to inflation over the long term, let's use 3% in this example.
Stocks take into account inflation too because companies have to raise prices.
Real estate is high risk because if there is a market downturn in real estate you can get hosed, especially if you're leveraged.
Owning tens of thousands of stocks properly diversified across multiple asset categories is the safest investment (lowest risk) for the highest amount of return. Portfolio should double ever 8 years if done right.
But you might be right about the tax advantages making it even more profitable.