Name: I studied Real Estate for 1 month. And…..I hate it.
Uploaded: 2026-01-18T17:17:58.000Z
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I studied real estate investing for one full month and I hate it.

This is controversial and I'm going to explain everything I learned in this video.

I am on a six month challenge to study money, how to invest it and grow it.

I am doing this with my friend Yoni, who is the founder of Etoro, the largest social investing platform in the world.

If you want to join us, just go to NAS IO Money.

Everything I'm learning is available to you there for free.

He tells me to buy a house, buy an apartment, take out a loan, do whatever I need to do to just own real estate.

You buy a house, you probably get a stable income every year.

House price goes up every year on average.

And your investment is safe because you can live in it for the longest time.

So I bought a house in Utah, an apartment in Sri Lanka, and another apartment in my hometown.

People invest in real estate for three main reasons.

Second, they can make money from price appreciation.

And third, they can make money on from rent.

But here is my issue with real estate investing.

There are so many hidden maintenance costs that my dad doesn't talk about.

Depending on where you buy, there is a US property tax every year and a maintenance cost every month.

You have to fix broken things, you have to find tenants, and

If you look at historical data, the stock market went up by an average of 10% every year.

Meanwhile, the average real estate returns once you account for everything is like 1 to 2%.

It provides diversification to your portfolio.

That's why I was excited to learn about this and I'm gonna teach it to you.

It's called reit Real Estate Investment Trust.

It's one of the most accessible ways to invest in real estate without buying an actual house.

An REIT company buys big real estate projects, offices, apartments, malls, lots of.

They do all the dirty hard work and by the end of the year, they give you 90% of their rental income back to you.

That's why it's called a real estate investment trust.

investing in REITs provides the same exposure of investing in real estate, of both fixed income through their dividends as well as capital appreciation of the REIT price itself.

And it's simpler, it's liquid and it's managed by professionals.

Now small investors can invest in real estate without having to spend $600,000, just like I did.

It's as simple as investing, investing the stock market.

But instead of buying Google stock, you can buy REIT stocks.

And these are the top three REIT stocks in the world.

Each one has a dividend from 1.9% to 3.3%.

This dividend, this is the rental income that is given back to the shareholders every year.

And the beauty of REIP stocks is that it's very liquid.

You can buy and sell REIT stocks in minutes, not months.

You still have to do your own research and decide which REIT stock is perfect for you.

There is one number you have to look at before you invest.

We take the value of the company and we divide it by the value of the houses and assets that company owns.

And you want this number to be as close to one as possible.

If the number is below one, then something is off.

Maybe the company has too much debt and you have to look into it.

If you think all of this is too risky, then you can invest in all real estate companies, multiple companies, and

And this one covers global real estate and this one covers US real estate.

Investing in REIT ETFs is just like investing in stock index ETF.

Instead of you doing the analysis and picking stock or REIT one by one, you are able to invest in different ETF sectors.

Real estate is still a good investment, especially if you're looking to own the home you live in.

I'm not sure that buying is better than renting.

You should do your own math before you buy.

Next time your parents tell you you have to own a house, you can tell them that investing in REITs is simpler and gives you diversification to real estate.

It's such a shame to have your money sit illiquid for decades in one building.

Your money, I believe, should work for you not every decade.

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