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Old 11-15-2016, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by XLexusTech View Post
Same boat... I have been here for a few years now... tried rentals... too much stress... tried peer to peer lending... in 3 years my Avg rate of return is 5.4% year over year.. beats a CD or a bank account but I keep looking at some of my holdings saying if I has put that peer to peer money in that one investment 3 years ago I would be way up...

So you learn.. you try things and you diversify..


EGG SACK LEE!


Regardless of what you're invested in -- the stuff MOVES AROUND!! Housing isn't always UP -- the market isn't always UP -- rentals aren't always profitable -- commercial can sit empty and require huge TI's (tenant improvements).

Oil has sucked -- okay --- if you BOUGHT oil when it sucked -- you're looking pretty smart right now..... if you bought rentals when the housing market sucked -- you're looking pretty smart right now..... if you bought stocks one or two years ago or even better - FIVE years ago.... you're looking pretty smart right now.

TIME will heal most things investment wise as long as they're not hemorrhaging cash... even better if they CREATE cash along the way.

What's my point? I don't know ---- maybe it's just that if you don't get in a play around ---- you'll NEVER get anywhere. And if you buy the wrong stuff and gamble --- you may never get anywhere. But if you buy good stuff and it pays you a dividend..... you may have a gain one day.


LOL


It's so simple. It truly is.
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