Quote from NY0BScalper:
So by this logic the NASDAQ was a great buy at 4000 and an even better buy at 3500 on the way down... since stocks always go up and in 5-10 years you'll be good, especially if you get to keep some dividends.
You cannot compare REAL ESTATE with STOCKS & EQUITIES. These are 2 distinct asset classes. Real estate does not goes down like NASDAQ index nor does its subject to the whims of traders from day to day.
You can sell a stock at your mouse click, but it will take you months to sell your house and the paper work is enormous and the process far more intricate, legal and stressful and it involves a dozen people with you for over 30-60 days in a good market.
That is why those who compared Real estate as a bubble are eating pavement dirt today, cause nothing came true. Just read Nouriel Roubini our prophet of doom and gloom and his tales from the graveyard. The bastard makes a living out of this ..