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Originally Posted by rsmlp
IMHO, land is a terrible choice. carrying costs and lack of liquidity make it a nonstarter. you discount stocks out of hand and I don't know why. over the long run, stock index funds are tough to beat and completely liquid with essentially zero cost as vanguard has index funds with mgmt fees under .1%. SWTSX is vanguard's total market index and is a good place to start. obviously no assurances can be made but given the choices it's probably the most logical.
oh and crypto is a complete casino. good luck with that in ten years.
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Because the OP stated they were not looking in those directions.
They stated they were looking to real estate. REIT is the closest you can come in real estate to investing in a comparable stock or bond fund.