Money Blog - More Windfall Choices

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THE SCENARIO Last time, we looked at a choice between investing in the S&P 500 versus buying a rental house after receiving a windfall of $200,000. I've gotten feedback that the results were surprising, as lots of people favor rental real estate over stock market investing. I understand that feedback, but if we look at why the results came out that way, it's easy to see that we didn't do a great job buying a good rental house - there are certainly far better options out there. So let's look at the same scenario again, and this time we'll be a bit more judicious with the property we buy. Instead of buying one $200,000... Read more...