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To: John Vosilla who wrote (94873)	9/22/2012 4:29:32 AM
From: Riskmgmt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218913

"Not something most eclectic hands off types want to do Ray. Better click a mouse on the trading account" It is much easier than dealing with Real Estate, no argument there. It's just not easy to profit from it today and as we have seen with M F Global and Peregrine you might survive the trading and still loose your money. I know someone who was trading using Peregrine and had that exact thing happen, even worse he was trading with some backers monies in addition to his own funds. I think Ramsey has a point in that it is easier to long or short the builders stocks than deal with Tenants, management, etc it's just I haven't been able to do that with any degree of certainty. Stocks, bonds, commodities and currencies all seem to be so influenced by the Fed actions or political announcements. If someone can show me a better way I am open to it but meanwhile Real Estate has bottomed here and good returns are being made. As you have said, buying a property that can pay for itself in 4 or 5 years is a no brainier though in my area that is getting harder and harder to do! inventory is drying up lately.