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Old 03-15-2016, 01:55 PM
 
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Just within the last 5 years, SP 500 index has nearly doubled (from 1,200 to a peak of 2,200 and currently at 2000). Over the last 50 years or so, you would kill just in the index. This is a no brainer actually. No neighborhood in the Bay Area has such a return on the investment.

Keep in mind (also though completely irrelevant since this is not even close) homes over 50 years require maintenance - stocks don't.
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Old 03-15-2016, 04:59 PM
 
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I was questioning the accuracy of your comment Majami, as I went back 50 years and didn't find it to be true (was only 102x with dividends which puts housing better than it). But when you go as far back as the OP wants (1958), in that extra 8 years, it knocks the SP up to 300x (one year in there it had a 43% gain). I guess it's all a matter of how far you go back. 50 wouldn't do it, but 58 definitely does. Albeit, if one were to include the rent savings, one still could make a case that it would be pretty close. Your maintenance would not be close to that. Think about nearly 30 years of rent savings added to the mix and then rerun things, using that money as an investment.

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