Why even invest in Real Estate?

Why Invest In The First Place?

The sad truth is that only 1 out of 20 Americans is financially independent when they reach retirement. The rest are dependent on family, friends, or charities, and millions exist at the poverty level… literally waiting around to die.

If you plan on spending all your money when you make it and retiring on your social security, you need to wake up from your dreams! Social security is designed to merely provide a supplement to your investments and retirement plan. If Social Security is all you’ve got, you are either going to have to continue working well past normal retirement age, or be living a very meager lifestyle.

You deserve more than that, and you can have it… with some financial discipline and planning.

Why not just put your money in a mattress or safe deposit box? Because inflation will kill you. It will eat away at you money’s value, actually making you poorer and poorer with each day that goes by.

For those of you who need some explanation, inflation is simply the general trend of prices to rise over time. Think back to 25 or 30 years ago. You could buy a nice new car for $5,000. A hamburger for 20 cents. An average new house in Carlsbad for $25,000. You certainly can’t do that today the average priced home is over $600,000. While the prices of some items are actually coming down (computers, for example), the overall trend is up.

This means that over time your money will buy you less and less. For example, if inflation is running at 4% per year, you need to earn 4% on your money just to break even, more if you want to build wealth. You want to invest in things that not only give you a good return, but that also go up in value over time.

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Marc

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