Americans Rank Real Estate Best Investment for 6 Years Running! [INFOGRAPHIC]

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 Americans Rank Real Estate Best Investment For 6 Years Running! [INFOGRAPHIC] | Keeping Current Matters





Some Highlights:
  • Real estate has outranked stocks/mutual funds, gold, savings accounts/CDs, and bonds as the best long-term investment among Americans for the last 6 years.
  • Stock owners are more positive about real estate than stocks as an investment.
  • Of the 4 listed, real estate is the only investment you can also live in!



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