In 2005, everyone I knew was buying real estate. With no experience and no money, they bought properties they couldn’t afford and were convinced they were going to make a fortune.Unfortunately, it didn’t work out that way, and most of them now have a foreclosure or short sale in their past.Does that make real estate a bad investment? No. It’s an investment. The good or bad part comes from how you approach it. What’s good for one person can be bad for another.To find out how to make real estate investments work, I decided to talk with a few experienced professionals and asked them whether real estate should be in a retirement portfolio.
Source: Should you be a landlord in your retirement? – MarketWatch