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Remember that InmanNews has a bias – they provide information and services to the real estate industry – they aren’t going to discourage you from investing in real estate.

Let’s see, I can get 5% in a FDIC insured money-market fund or I can get 8-12% by letting someone else invest my money into something that I don’t really understand and they’ll require me to sign something saying it is OK if they lose all of my money (fine print in all financial contracts).

This is a no-brainer for me – the extra return isn’t worth the risk given the current state of the real estate market nationwide.