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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, real estate investing has made over 4 million millionaires in the United States alone. This is about 4% of the population.

Investing in real estate offers numerous benefits, such as asset appreciation, quick low-investment yet high profit transactions, cash flow, security, long-term, wealth, and numerous tax benefits, just to name a few ' oh, and don't forget the most important aspect ' it can make you rich and add you to the 4% who living the good life.

Real estate investing is something that anyone can learn and prosper at regardless of age, gender, religion, race, education or family background, and it can even be done while working at a completely different occupation. You can begin with virtually no out-of-pocket start up costs, and work from your home full-time or part-time. Real estate is one the few occupations left where the little guy can start with virtually nothing and still strike it rich!

Real estate investing is better than any other form of investing, even better than the stock market. Yes, you might be thinking this can't be true, but it is. You see, so much emphasis is put on the stock market by the media and financial institutions that many people don't realize that it is not the only investment option available, and that in fact, it is probably the riskiest.

Let's use an example to clarify this. Suppose you invested $100,000 in the stock market. What will you actually have in your hand at the end of the deal? Nothing more than a paper certificate saying you own x number of shares in xyz company. Now what happens if that company goes bust? Your certificate is worthless and your money is gone.

Real estate is a much safer investment and generally outperforms the stock market. Sure, the real estate market booms and slumps occasionally, but each slump is guaranteed to be followed by a boom that ends up being higher than the previous one. And even in the bottom of the slump, what do you have? Not a worthless piece of paper, but a solid piece of the planet earth. Even if your house burns down you still have the real estate underneath it. This is the solidity that is real estate investing. Nothing can take that piece of land away from you. You are solely responsible for its use and how you profit from it; whereas in the stock market you are relying on complete strangers to make you money.

The other huge advantage of real estate investing is that, quite simply, they have stopped making land, and everyone needs a place to live, so as the population increases, so too does the demand for land and housing. This is great news for investors because real estate will continue to offer one of the best investment opportunities for many years to come, as demand forces prices to increase.

So how do you plan for retirement? Relying on social security alone will lead you directly to the poor house. Consider real estate investing and guarantee a thriving income stream long into retirement.