@cat tail, nowadays, bank may be funcationally worse than a mattress: When a mattress does not work, we can toss it over to the dumpster. When a bank doesn't work, we need to cough up more tax money so the bank can pay its TALENT executives a fat annual bonus.
Student housing is intriguing. You could also invest in something like American Campus Communities (ACC), a niche player renting on- and off-campus student housing.
You know, one of the best potential real estate investments could be multi-family in college towns. We've aleady discussed the high costs of education, and student housing is a big chunk of that expense. Of course, you have to have the stomach to rent to potentially rowdy kids. But if you protect yourself enough with a hefty security deposit and really good property insurance, the return on investment could be very nice.
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cat tail
6/4/2012 9:10:53 AM
If I had some free cash I would invest in multifamily properties to take advantage of the shortage of rentals and the low purchase prices on property.
How sad is it that stashing something under a mattress only seems questionable from the standpoint of robbery or fire loss? From an investment standpoint, it offers about as much as the bank.
Guess we should all go out and buy an extra mattress. Seems like the best place to stash cash these days.
Totally agree, Scott. It will be the worst nightmare for an investor who has no cash reserve while the whole equity market is on a fire sale. I knew it because it happened to me years ago.
I maintain that the only thing to do is save money and dollar-cost average in .. and ignore the volatility.
Given the pattern of the last two years, I would not be surprised to be a vicious drop into the August/Sept timeframe before there is some relief.
Therefore I will be putting to money in 3-4 chunks: Next month, September, October. For whatever reason Sept./Oct. often market low points in the markets.
First, unless you are 100% in cash, it is emotionally hard for investor to jump in the market while seeing his portfolio is shrinking. But as long as you have extra cash to invest in a down market, you must cheer up and take bold move.
Secondly, investors have strong desire to buy the stock at exact bottom, and sell at the exact peak. The problem is: it is a mission impossible. If you know the intrinsic value of an asset (house, stock, commodity...),and you have enough of margin of safety based on current market price, you shall go ahead. Yes, the price can fall further, and most likely it will, but it doesn't mean your committed purchase is wrong: never judge your investment decision purely based on market fluctuation.
Thirdly, there is no right time, only right price,for market. You know how frutile it is to time the market.
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