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Property investment a better investment than gold stocks
Gold stocks may be the ‘go to’ investment for many first time investors when compared with property investment, but the...
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old stocks may be the ‘go to’ investment for many first time investors when compared with property investment, but the former is a much better investment than the latter. It is also true that investing in gold stocks is a lot more accessible to investors than property investment on account of the barriers to entry being far lower with gold stocks than
Some of the compelling reasons for investing in property include the fact that unlike gold, the value of property does not depreciate but consistently appreciates with time. This makes an investment in property far more advantageous for ones investment is sure to be worth far more than the initial seed amount put in. The other advantage is that investing in property in the line of a ‘fixer upper’ allows one so much autonomy regarding the amount of value put into the property through renovations; and thus one effectively controls the amount of returns to be expected based on the value put in.
It is worth noting that not all property investments will be purchase-to-rent, but that there will be a great many investors who opt for the property stocks option. But be that as it may, property stocks still typically outperform gold stocks, so the property investment option remains the best option.