I think your idea of an investment is different than mine. I dont own a home, but one reason i am tempted to buy one is to match liabilities (future rent) with

I think your idea of an investment is different than mine. I dont own a home, but one reason i am tempted to buy one is to match liabilities (future rent) with assets. A house allows you to hedge rent growth. The big challenge with houses is that they are leveraged. That makes the situation complex in that the equity investment you make can become way more or way less valuable with smaller underlying price moves in the house. Investments can go up or down in value. There are no sure thing investments. Just choices with various lnevels of risk and tradeoffs. Imo, student loans are not constructed in a way that makes them an investment since the optionality is removed from the borrower.