I've done both....BUT....
Real Estate is SO much nicer!!!! It gives me countless escape routes. I can:
Buy and sell
Wholesale
Assign properties
Option properties
Rent properties
Be the bank
Lease options
Flip
Renovate
Partial renovations
And on the worst day.....I wake up, turn on the TV and there are 5 fire trucks in front of my burned down property....
I'M INSURED!!!!!!
The stock market has had a great run since 2008. But my real estate investments have CRUSHED the stock market returns over the same period.
Everyone has their own likes and dislikes. But for me.
You can't beat investing in property!!!
Buffet became a multi-billionaire investing in stocks
Trump became a multi-billionaire investing in real estate
Both work, as long as you've got the instincts and common sense to get you there.
If you can't make high returns in the stock market, it just means you don't have the instincts or common sense for picking the right stocks.