Financially Savvy Women

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I don’t like real estate as an investment for exactly those reasons. Also it’s highly leveraged, concentrating wealth into a single point. It’s usually taxed hard and I’m a professionally qualified investment manager and I can make 7-10% a year long term no sweat, so why would I buy an asset with a yield of far below this with a lot of commitment?

She is buying property over there. I think it’s good - we are diversified, she knows the market. We have somewhere we can live potentially. I don’t understand their legal system.

That's my personal preference as well - investment portfolio instead of owing real estate.

I just peaked at UK taxation on a second home... holy shyte! Stamp tax can hit 8-15% according to laws passed in 2022. That's dramatically different from the U.S.