Mark Moss explains why real estate is a uniquely powerful investment in the US. A $1 million property bought with $100k down generates a $1 million tax write-off. Inflation erodes the real value of debt, making 30-year mortgages cheaper over time while tenant income covers payments.
Real estate has a ton of advantages that most people just don't understand. And so if you're smart enough to understand, like, number one, in America, we have 30-year debt. We get a 30-year mortgage at really low rates, and at the rate of inflation, it pays off that debt. So we have really good leverage. We have inflation-destroyed debt. We have the tenants can pay the debt for us, and then we get massive tax benefits for that. So I could buy a million-dollar building with $100 grand and get a million-dollar write-off. Wealthy real estate investors look at it as a tool, not real estate.
