RE was always a "meh" investment (nominal with inflation) - with growth due to prior demographic waves; The past 2008+, bubble interest rates and money printing

RE was always a "meh" investment (nominal with inflation) - with growth due to prior demographic waves; The past 2008+, bubble interest rates and money printing have have created a difference in real returns and nominal ones. Which have subsided. Realize the investment underpinning before taking on the investment. RE of a personal residence is rarely a good idea... buy cheap personal homes (small liabilities), and then use the excess to buy rental homes (income asset + depreciation).