That's a glaring omission, if true. It seems that they'd be looking at earnings (that is, they'd be subtracting costs, and looking only at profit in the end). O

That's a glaring omission, if true. It seems that they'd be looking at earnings (that is, they'd be subtracting costs, and looking only at profit in the end). Otherwise, yeah. This is a pretty bad analysis. Either way, if real estate averages about 1% better yield than equities, I'd go with equities, because they don't require maintenance, other than reading an occasional financial statement (or if you're indexing, not even that).