In Xin Tian Han’s blog, Is Real Estate a Good Investment, Xin Tian argues that real estate is most definitely not a good investment as the market is very unstable. I agree with her argument to an extent, as it is true that the real estate market is unstable, but this may be the very reason why it could be a good investment. If a person is knowledgeable in investing in real estate, they could potentially make a lot of money. This is comparable to buying shares in a stock market, if you are familiar with the details of different stocks, you could gain a good return for your investment. With either example, there is always a risk. It is hard to predict how the market will change, and how suddenly it can do so. The positive outlook on this is that if you know how to invest properly and when to do so, the investor could end up with a very sizable profit when the market does shoot up. As of right now, investing in Canadian real estate is beneficial as the market and value of houses is slowly going up as our economy gets better, whereas I would recommend staying away from the US’ declining economy and real estate market.
