Welcome to passive real estate investing, the show where busy people like you learn how to build

substantial passive income while creating wealth for the long term. And now, here's your host, Marco

Santorelli. Hello, my friends. Welcome back to passive real estate investing, where we dive into

the world of real estate investing, among other related topics, to help you

with your real estate investing journey. Today, we're doing something a little different.

We're going to take a trip down memory lane and showcase an important episode from the past

on what we call our Throwback Thursday episode. Now, whether you've been with us since the beginning,

which goes back to 2015, or you're

tuning in for the first time, this episode is a must listen. We are revisiting one of our more

popular episodes from the past. And believe me, what we discussed back then, whether it's

six months ago or six years ago, is just as relevant today. So sit back,

relax, and let's rewind the clock for this great episode. Enjoy. You know, you'll often hear

people say that they don't like real estate because if you look at the long term, returns of

the stock market seem to be a better return overall. Well, of course, when they say

stuff like this, they are leaving out a few important things, a few key things, because they're

looking at real estate as being a very one-sided or one-dimensional asset. And that's not the case,

as it is with most other investments like the stock market.

First, when people say the stock market, what they really mean is something like the S&P 500

or the Dow Jones Industrial Average. These are not the stock market. Rather, they are indices

filled with some of the leading companies in the U.S.

You'll often hear that the stock market makes return somewhere from 7 to 8% or 9% 10% annually.

And this is really based on the index returns rather than the market itself.

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