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0 pointscm21879y ago0 comments

I am not sure that is true as even for stocks, on the other side you have asset managers, hedge funds or insurance companies who participate both in the primary and secondary markets. Of course, you will have similar bubbles forming in stocks than you have in property. But overall it is a way more productive investment.

Bonds barely trade on the secondary markets. When you invest into a fund that buys bond, it's pretty much 100% primary market (i.e. new issuances).

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camiller9y ago

For property you still have ongoing maintenance to pay for, and real estate agents, and the title company, etc. so there are jobs created due to the buying, selling, and ownership of property. If I by 100 shares of IBM in my self-directed account at Charles Schwab there likely isn't a single human being involved in that transaction after I click the buy button. Granted, somebody wrote the code that drives all of that.

cm2187OP9y ago

But this maintenance would happen anyway whether you own or rent.

alistairSH9y ago

At a much slower rate.

If the paint in my personal home starts peeling, my incentive to fix it is higher - I don't want to walk down the hall and see peeling paint.

If the paint in a corporate-owned tenement starts leaking, what incentive does the corporation have to repair it? They will do the bare minimum to prevent me suing them for breach of contract. A tenant is unlikely to sue over peeling paint. And they actively discouraged from re-painting, as they will likely lose their security deposit should they paint in any color other than generic off-white.

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