Real estate's long-term track record is excellent — comparable to stocks in raw returns and superior on an after-tax basis. So why do I see so many real-estate investors ending up with massive holes in their portfolio that they never recover from … and concluding that “real estate investing doesn’t work”? This article examines the unintuitive and devastating mathematics of large losses, and how to mitigate that crucially important, but under-appreciated, risk.

Site was once so popular that deals sold-out in seconds or minutes. But then $ hundreds of millions of investor losses followed. And investors sued and SEC enforcement actions followed. Now the firm has rebranded as Willow Wealth and claims“transparency is paramount.” But is it transparent for any platform to remove its past performance from public view ... and also make it harder for new investors to understand it's full history?

A jolting Challenger analysis reports a jaw-dropping 1.09 million job-cut announcements in 2025 so far --- the worst since 2020. And massive job losses accompany virtually every recession. So is the dreaded "R" word lurking around the corner? Or could there be another explanation? And if a recession is coming...then what would it mean to alternative investors?

Lennar Investor Marketplace is a site that allows an investor to purchase brand-new single-family homes to rent out — a model commonly referred to as build-to-rent. This setup helps investors avoid the unpleasant surprises of unforeseen capital expenditures that often plague older rental inventory.