"especially considering making a return on any sort of savings today isn't really a thing" You can still get around 4% dividends or 7% capital appreciation fro

"especially considering making a return on any sort of savings today isn't really a thing" You can still get around 4% dividends or 7% capital appreciation from some stock funds. Which give or take is no better or worse than property in general once you have considered taxes / repairs / upgrades. You are right it can be a good hedge against inflation of city costs, but that is a bit of a gamble.