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Everything is Correlated: Debunking the Sales Pitch of Private REITs, Syndicates, and Other High-Fee Real Estate Funds

January 5, 2022 By Jon Luskin 3 Comments

Twice now, clients have shown up for a portfolio review when holding Blackstone’s REIT fund. Depending on which version of this fund you have, you may pay between 1.25% and 1.50% in annual fees. That outrageous fee is in addition to a 12.5% performance fee for returns over five percent. Said simply: it’s expensive. Given […]

Future Housing Returns are Stark

August 25, 2021 By Jon Luskin 12 Comments

In the June 2021 issue of the Financial Planning Association’s Journal of Financial Planning, I wrote a short piece on housing. In the article, I pointed to the rise in prices. I argued that while housing has done well over the last couple of decades, that trend may not continue. Given that uncertainty, funding retirement […]

Is My California Rental Property Good for Retirement Income?

October 14, 2020 By Jon Luskin 1 Comment

Here’s Nabeel’s question about his California rental property: I need some advice on my real estate investment. I have a rental property in a Los Angeles suburb with the following information: Metric$ / DateOriginal Loan Amount$249,000Current Principal Balance$214,363Interest Rate4.25%Loan Origination Date12/20/2017Maturity Date01/20/2033Gross Rent, Monthly~$1,920Property Management, Monthly~$120Property Value$473,000The number’s on Nabeel’s California rental property. My monthly […]

Direct Real Estate for Cash Flow in Retirement

June 30, 2020 By Jon Luskin 2 Comments

In a previous post, I discussed how stock market investing was superior to California real estate investing. This conclusion was based on the investment returns available with each strategy; in a flat out annualized returns vs. annualized returns comparison, the stock market outperformed. (Even in a successive analysis that considered leverage, stock market investing was […]

Rental Real Estate Investing Across the United States

June 26, 2020 By Jon Luskin 1 Comment

Previously, I wrote that stock market investing has historically outperformed rental real estate investing in California. (This is even the case when considering leverage: California rental property underperforms the stock market.) This conclusion applies not just to real estate in California, but anywhere with dense populations. This is because high population density creates a high […]

Why California Rental Property is Not a (Historically) Great Investment

August 21, 2018 By Jon Luskin 3 Comments

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Investors in illiquid real estate should be compensated with investment returns above what U.S. stock market investors receive. This is because real estate is illiquid – whereas U.S. large cap stocks are highly liquid. Historically, U.S. stocks market investors received an investment return of roughly 10% per year. Therefore, investors in illiquid real estate should […]

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jonluskin Jon Luskin, CFP® @jonluskin ·
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Secure Act 2.0 thoughts:

With employer Roth contributions now avaiable, will more custodians make Roth individual 401(k)s available as part of their protoype (pre-approved) plans?

Right now, only Vanguard offers Roth individual 401(k)s. (Correct me if I'm wrong.)

#taxes #401k

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All else being equal, owning a big, expensive home can make (early) #retirement more difficult.

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