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⏱️ millionaireME Minute | Real Estate vs. the S&P 500 (Since 1987)
Let’s rewind the tape.
October 1987.
Black Monday.
The stock market crashes more than 20% in a single day.
If you invested in the S&P 500 then—or anytime since—and simply stayed invested, here’s what happened:
📈 S&P 500: ~5,600%+ total return
🏠 Residential Real Estate: ~400% total return
Same country.
Same economy.
Very different outcomes.
Now let’s talk about how those returns were earned.
Real Estate Returns Come With…
• Leaky toilets
• Midnight phone calls
• Insurance premiums
• Property taxes
• HOA letters written in all caps
• Vacancy risk
• Concentration risk (one roof ≠ diversification)
• Time, stress, and friction
Yes—leverage helps.
Yes—there are tax benefits.
Yes—real estate can work.
But let’s be honest: Most people don’t buy real estate for peace of mind.
S&P 500 Returns Come With…
• No tenants
• No repairs
• No insurance claims
• No HOA newsletters
• No “this water heater just exploded” texts
Just ownership in the most profitable companies on earth, constantly competing, innovating, and replacing the weak with the strong.
Coca-Cola.
Apple.
Microsoft.
NVIDIA.
You didn’t have to pick the winners.
You just had to own the system.
The Quiet Superpower of the S&P 500
✔ Automatic diversification
✔ Daily liquidity
✔ Radical simplicity
✔ Minimal friction
✔ Compounding that never sleeps
And here’s the part people miss:
The S&P 500 rewards patience, not brilliance.
No special access.
No leverage gymnastics.
No landlord cosplay.
Just consistency.
The MillionaireME Take
Real estate can build wealth.
But the S&P 500 has quietly multiplied it—faster, easier, and with fewer headaches—than almost anything else available to everyday investors.
No toilets.
No tenants.
No nonsense.
Sometimes the smartest wealth move…
…is the one that lets you get on with your life.
Because wealth should compound—
not complicate. 💙💛🐷
#MillionaireMEMinute #WealthWithoutHeadaches #CompoundingIsKing
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⏱️ millionaireME Minute | Real Estate vs. the S&P 500 (Since 1987)
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