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To: Schnullie who wrote (143891)	9/1/2008 7:12:41 PM
From: James Hutton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

My main point is that I would've made a lot more on a house I purchased in Seattle than I did with houses here in the heartland. But you've got some problems with your analogy. You're ignoring any positive cash flow from the rental, in addition to any appreciation. And from a later post, it looks like my cap. appreciation number may have been conservative. I don't know if they even had index funds in 1990. My recollection is that they became more popular in the mid-1990s. And what is the return on an S&P index fund in the last ten years? When was the last time you got 5% on a savings account?