Independent Analysis on Real Estate, Alternative Investments, and the Macro Picture

This section shows the latest news and analysis from a sophisticated investor's perspective — written by Ian Ippolito, an investor and serial entrepreneur who has been covering real estate crowdfunding and alternative investments since 2017.

Coverage spans deal-by-deal portfolio disclosure, tax strategy, the macro and AI-era investing picture, and accredited investor and qualified-purchaser-level access to private funds.

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Groundbreaking New Study (called "The Rate of Return of Everything") Finds Long-term Returns of Real Estate Walloped Bonds and Treasuries...and did About the Same as Stocks.

A new study of all major asset classes (going back to the 19th century) finds that long run returns from un-leveraged residential real...

Ian Ippolito

Jan 9, 20187 min read