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To: Road Walker who wrote (140891)	9/16/2012 9:15:22 AM
From: Stock Puppy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213176

OT Well the alternative is to invest in RE via a fund - no spectacular returns but usually better than most interest bearing thingys. In the example below, 21% so far this year. Overall since inception 11%. Mind the glitch in 2009 and skip over it - hey that was a buying opportunity ! :-) But then if you bought real real estate, you might just have had the same problem, plus you don't have to worry that your houseboat is under water even if it is. And you don't have to maintain the place, fix the plumbing and you dont need to invest in an Uzi in order to chase the gun and knife wielding kids off your lawn or a flamethrower to get rid of the crack addicts in your back yard... tiaa-cref.org

To: Road Walker who wrote (140891)	9/16/2012 11:52:12 AM
From: rnsmth	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213176

<<I said the best investment right now, not in Jan 2009. But you are right, RE is a pain.>> The answer for me as to the best investment right now - for my purposes - is going to be a basket of dividend yield and dividend growth stocks. I have started moving some AAPL profits there. It is currently about 23% of our IRAs, consisting of 10 positions. The goal is to end up with somewhere between 30 and 40 positions consisting of about 3/4 of our IRAs with the remaining fourth available for aggressive growth strategies. We'll see how that works. I expect to have the transition completed by mid 2013, reserving the right to play with those percentages some. I am starting to view it as running a Growth and Income fund :)