Originally Posted by
arbalist1
Keeping in the thread drift: What about Real Estate Investment Trusts? Are they an alternative? What do you give up?
Sure, it removes the uncertainty and hassle of being a landlord.
But I'd avoid office-space commercial real estate like the plague right now, except perhaps in the very hottest markets. While the telework/zoom thing is overblown, there will certainly be SOME post-covid shift to permanant telework... even a single-digit shift (combined with recession) would create a glut of office spaces, and it would take longer than usual for that to correct. In the meantime, prices would likely plummet.