alt Hacker Newsthis is not true, this is the basis for housing speculation. Holding vacant overpriced houses until they sell. Its not a loss until you close the sale.
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skeeter2020 • last Thursday at 5:42 PM
this doesn't make any sense; you're tying up significant resources and losing out an the alternatives. Nobody evaluates investment returns in isolation.
Of course it is. Real estate incurs significant carry costs.