Better Investment: Stocks or Real Estate?

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Business, Investing

4.3 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

So, you want to grow your wealth. What’s the best way to do it? In this special episode of Motley Fool Money, we team up with our friends at the real-estate investing site Bigger Pockets to debate whether stocks or real-estate investing will get you more bang for your buck. Fool analysts Jason Moser and Matt Argersinger are our fighters for stocks. They go up against Bigger Pockets’ CEO Scott Trench and Dave Meyer, the company’s VP of Market Intelligence. Chris Hutchins from All the Hacks moderates the conversation. Host: Chris Hutchins Guests: Matt Argersinger, Dave Meyer, Jason Moser, Scott Trench Producers: Kailyn Bennett, Jennifer McCord, Ricky Mulvey, Mary Long Engineers: Exodus Media, Steve Broido Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Really opening like I said,
0:02.8	download that app, clicking a few buttons,
0:04.4	buying an index fund, maybe putting 100 bucks in there a month
0:07.2	if you're 22 years old out of college or something
0:09.2	is an amazing way to get started
0:11.7	and it is about the easiest thing you can do.
0:15.0	I'm Mary Long and that's Matt Argersinger.
0:20.0	We love stocks here at the Botley Fool, but there are other ways to grow your wealth.
0:25.0	Just one example, real estate.
0:27.0	In this special episode of Motley Fool Money, we got together with our friends at BiggerPockets,
0:32.0	the online community for real estate investors,
0:33.7	for a debate about which is the better investment, stocks, or real estate.
0:39.0	Between the two, which one actually grows your wealth faster? Does one strategy provide you a higher return over the long run?
0:45.0	Which has more liquidity? Is better for financial freedom?
0:48.0	Better for your time?
0:50.0	Fighting for stocks and repping the Motley Fool, we've got Jason Moser and Matt Argersinger.
0:54.7	Both are full analysts and regulars on the show.
0:57.6	In the other corner, punching for real estate, bigger pockets brought Scott Trench and
1:02.1	Dave Meyer as their fighters.
1:03.4	Scott's the CEO of Bigger Pockets and Dave is the company's VP of market
1:07.5	intelligence. Both are longtime real estate investors, podcast hosts, and authors.
1:12.0	Last but not least, our friendly investors, podcast hosts, and authors.
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