Got an Arated cutter so come at me , bro . <| sep |> If you invest 100 k in Stockindex fund for 25 years , and the market go up 7 % every yearonly an example you will have $ 542 , 743 . 26 . If you invest 100 k in a property worth $ 500 k today and rent it out for 25 years , there is more chance that not only that property would have been paid in full by that time , but you will have a constant source of revenue coming from it , there is also the high possibility that this same property will be worth double what it is worth today . Look at housing 25 years ago , price are 2 , 3 sometimes 4 even 5 time what there were back in the 90 ' s . This is the power of leverage . Not saying Real estate is the way for everyone , but the number generally make more sense over long period of time .