Bob Fraser explains why real estate builds wealth: appreciation when you maintain the property, tax deductions through depreciation, and stability that beats stocks, which can drop 20-30% in a year. A maintained property reliably gains value over a decade.
real estate gives you reasons to make money, pay less taxes, and then grow that asset as well. So for example, appreciation. If you buy an asset— and we appreciate you. Well, and I appreciate you. And so does that real estate if you take care of it. If you simply do the things to keep it up, maintain the landscaping, maintain that roof, maintain the structure, the envelope of the building is the biggest key. But if you maintain that real estate, because of the inflation that you talked about, that building's going to appreciate in value over time. So something that's—
it's a for sure thing. You don't know what it's going to do this year or next year, but you, you can be assured over 10 years it will appreciate.
Yeah. Yeah. If you were in the market, in the stock market, you've lost 20 or 30% of your net worth that's in there this year. If you had owned a piece of real estate, you likely have not lost anything and maybe even gained value in that real estate this year.
