where or how to invest $100,000 cash? (brokers, trading, trust, wage)

[NewToCA]

Originally Posted by 8 SNAKE

How can anyone make a blanket statement like that? Real estate is a highly regionalized business. What works (or doesn't) in one area is completely unrelated to another area. To assume that real estate is a terrible investment everywhere would be most inaccurate. In addition, there are many types of REI that do well during different market conditions (including a falling market).

Absolutely agree with you that this is a regionalized issue. For example, California had significant price jumps from 1999-2005, while Texas generally didn't. California now has price risks and Texas shouldn't. But with many of the homebuilders now refocusing their development efforts towards the Texas market, is it now more vulnerable to being overbuilt? These types of questions really vary in their applicability to each area, and even the Austin and Amarillo areas might have very different answers.

[Rismiller]

I'm working on getting to the point that you are at. Nice job!

When I do, I'm going to invest in Tax Lien Certificates. There are a lot of books written about them.

If you do them right, there is no way you can make less than 10% per year. You just have to go into them planning for up to a two year potential holding period. Although you might get your money out sooner.

Good luck!

[pghquest]

Originally Posted by Kyusa

i have 100k cash at hand. i dont need it to live on, but i want to make some money with it. any advice?

Obviously the first suggestion, pay off any debt you have. I just recently paid off our house having been in a similar situation.

Getting 8% guaranteed return by not paying a mortgage, is better then any speculative return one might get from other sources, especially considering todays questionable economy.

[pmnq]

invest in someone's future A random person.......me I want to go to school for nursing. I can't afford it

[AONE]

Here is what I shared with another and its my opinion but the numbers are real.

I have a couple of investors I work with what they have done is to buy some of this deepkly discounted property and rent it for a popsitrive cash flow. the returns are decent. Her is an example - buy for 35k, put 5k in it, it was previously sold for 171k easily worth 80-125k depending on how conservative. rent for the 2/2 unit will be $1000, mgmt at that is 100 so they get 900 - HOA - cost of 40k, or about $400 pos cash flow. and an appreciation which so far is at 20k and rising after 1 month. you do the math. I'm lucky being in Orlando because we always have a good demand for Real estate. but there are other places I suspect Vegas has some great deals too. It seems there are deals for all price ranges,
I know a property for 125k that is worth 225-250k and last sold for 285k rent about 1300-1500
There are the same sort of deals at 200k, 300k 500k and even 6M So my vote is on RE while it is being shorted its a great market for it.

[Mike in TN]

Those deals are like finding a needle in a haystack here.

[GregW]

After clearing all my existing debt (mortgage) I would put the money in Central and Eastern Europe in Euros. The American economy is going through a major retrenchment with declining real-estate values, deteriorating infrastructure and increasing inflation. I would not invest any new found money here.

I am leaving my existing funds where they are because they are still worth far more than I paid for them.

[poconoproud]

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[Movie Lover]

Put it in Corporation Futures.

[reinkarnator]

Invest them. There is a lot of a good capital.
For example I use IntradayInvestmentGroup

If to look for them it is a lot of, but not allreliable