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Investing in Multi-Family Real Estate (to Fund A College Education?)
When just starting out as an investor, everyone needs to choose where to begin.... This can be a daunting task, with all the types of investments available-from simple savings accounts to mutual funds to individual stocks to stock futures to hedge funds to gold!
 With every investment, you want to look at potential return (which really should be evaluated on an after-tax basis) and the types of risk you will face. Any type of fixed return investment (savings accounts to bonds) usually has low rates of return and low risk in terms of loss of your monies invested, but has high risk that inflation and taxes will erode both any actual return and your principal. So these vehicles are good for extremely risk averse people and/or those who will need access to their funds in a short-term timeframe. This is best for those who will spend all their assets within ten years.
 Real estate investors know that their investments are much more liquid than their stockbrokers would have them believe. They also know that the costs of purchase and sale of these assets are greater than stocks, so it makes sense to hold these investments for 10-30 years (with 5 years being the ... more

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