‘Understand How Much Risk You Can Stomach,’ Warns A Failed Real Estate Investor. ‘You Don’t Want Your Investment Keeping You Up At Night’
Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. After years of trying to build a real estate portfolio in the Midwest while living in a high-cost city, one investor called it quits and shared everything that went wrong—and what he wished he had done differently. In a Reddit post that hit home for many, the self-described failed investor said they bought two duplexes out of state after researching “hundreds” of spreadsheets and running the numbers over and over. “The rents were...