It’s not superior per se, but with real estate you can get cheap non-callable leverage that is almost impossible to replicate with equity investments. That’s ho

It’s not superior per se, but with real estate you can get cheap non-callable leverage that is almost impossible to replicate with equity investments. That’s how it becomes superior. Find me a broker that will lend 5X the value of my stock portfolio at 3% fixed for 30 years, and won’t issue a margin call if the market drops 50% as long as I pay the interest and monthly repayment, and I promise I would never look at real estate at all. Until then, it makes complete sense to dabble with it.