I’m the first to acknowledge that LOTS of people have made fortunes investing in private real estate. And nobody complains when the cash flow from rent checks pays for their own home mortgage and vacations. And I get it. Real estate seems a lot easier to wrap your head around than the stock market. You can touch and feel a hard asset (the home or building), and when you say, “I bought this,” you have something to point to. Collecting a monthly or quarterly rent makes a lot mo