Why Is Investing In Real Estate So Much Better Than Investing In Stocks? (Part 2: Less Risks)

In Part 1 of this series, I mentioned that no bank in their right mind would lend money for stock investments. This is simply because the probability of stocks losing much of their value or becoming worthless in a short amount of time is very high and very obvious. Just look at the stock market right now and I’m sure you’ll find stocks that have lost much of their value in the past year alone. In contrast, real estate is a stable investment which is very unlikely to lose value, or even if it does, the depreciation is not that significant as compared to stocks and it would also take years to pass by.

But what if a property gets destroyed in a fire, an earthquake, a landslide, or when an airplane comes crashing down on it, etc., the real estate investor would lose his investment right? Not unless the investor had it covered with insurance. In fact, getting a property insured is often mandatory when taking out a loan through banks or other lending institutions like Pag-IBIG. Is there an equivalent insurance that can cover a stock investment against stock market crashes, scandals, or from the global financial crisis? The answer is simply none, there is no such thing. If there is, please do let me know so I can have my stocks insured.

What if you have already invested in stocks or in real estate and notice that your investment is somewhat not giving you the expected returns or its market value is going down but you don’t want to sell just yet, is there anything you can do that can affect or raise the value or the returns of your stock or real estate investment? I will try to explain this in the next and final part of this series.

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See below if you want to read the rest of this article:
Part 1: Leverage
Part 3: Control