...and you thought Tysons had traffic now.

[Evan]

real estate is not a good investment:
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one thing they fail to mention is the liquidity of stocks versus a home.

I think the article is really saying that stocks are a better investment than real estate... not that real estate isn't a good one. Junk bonds aren't a good investment... there's a pretty big difference.

yeah, and Real Estate's one big factor is that you gotta pay to live, no matter what. So for most of us, comparing stocks to real estate is apples and oranges since we arent buying real estate as investments.

a better comparison would be to compare the return on the money that you save by renting with the return on a house.