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WalterBrighttoday at 2:42 AM3 repliesview on HN

I lost money on the houses I've bought. This is because I factor in the cost of the mortgage, property taxes, real estate commissions, maintenance, insurance, etc.

Houses are lousy investments.


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danny_codestoday at 3:58 AM

You might want to revisit your analysis under more standard accounting guidance.

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forgetfreemantoday at 2:49 AM

You may be the worst real estate investor I've ever heard of. If housing was actually a lousy investment Blackrock and Berkshire Hathaway wouldn't have real estate holdings and they're both in the residential market in a big way.

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