Stock Market Bankroll

[MikeyEdge]

How much cash do you need to make some decent money in the stock market? If I have $400 to invest, would it be wise to get into the stock market, or is that just a waste of my time/money. Do you need like $10,000 to make it worth while?

And another question, say you had $5,000, would you invest in the Stock Market or would you invest in Real Estate?

[RollaJ]

$400= waste of time and money

What real estate will you be buying with $5,000?

[TStoneMBD]

im no authority in stock market investing whatsoever, but its apparent to me that you need at least 20k before considering investing in stocks. if you can sustain a 20% ROI over the course of a year you are one of the best investors on the planet, which means that if you have a 20k bankroll you would be earning 4k a year. unless you are investing other people's money, you need alot of money before you can begin earning a decent living.

take your 5k and invest in real estate. i wish you luck.

[Glenn]

If you only have $5,000 you should probably invest it in something that will increase your yearly income such as education. Nothing has a higher ROI than a good book. Either that or just stick it in a low-risk interest bearing account, etc..., until you have enough to buy some property or start a business.

[ctv1116]

I'd use it as a poker bankroll and play until you have enough to make some decent money in the market.

[MikeyEdge]

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What real estate will you be buying with $5,000?

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I'm talking about buying a condo, either a.) renting it out. or b.) fixing it up and trying to resell for a quick profit.

[MikeyEdge]

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What real estate will you be buying with $5,000?

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I'm talking about buying a condo, either a.) renting it out. or b.) fixing it up and trying to resell for a quick profit.

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So would you try to do something like this with 5k or put it in the stock market?

In this example I would hope to make about $200 profit per month via renting a condo. Plus a property value increase per year of about 4% a year. So you could make a profit at about $3000 per year. (Yes I am not counting any refurbishing/upgrade costs.)

If you invest the 5k in the stock market and get a nice10% return you'd make only $500.

Agree? Disagree?

[ctv1116]

Let's say you had 500K instead of 5K. If you can make 3K per year buying a 5K condo, why not just buy 100 of these 5K condos and make 300K?

[HDPM]

If you buy the condo I will bet you a drink your expenses will be about 2X what you planned. It might work out great. But figure on higher expenes and less profit than you have been.

[CardMinger]

Where can you buy a condo for $5,000?

Down the street from me a 1 bedroom is advertised in the "Mid 300's". Of course I dont live in the cheapest area...

[BadBoyBenny]

Mikey,

You will be able to leverage yourself much more in real estate than in the financial markets. Thus the profits and losses can both be much greater. My advice is to take the risk and buy the real estate.

[Nightwish]

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What real estate will you be buying with $5,000?

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I'm talking about buying a condo, either a.) renting it out. or b.) fixing it up and trying to resell for a quick profit.

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Is this $5,000 condo in some place like Cambodia or Rwanda?

[WarDekar]

Cheap areas you can put $5k down and have a nice sized loan for the rest.

[GeorgeF]

"some place like Cambodia or Rwanda?"

Hey Mr smarty pants, if you are waiting for them to clear out the land mines you end up paying full price to live there.

[nongice626]

cambodias economy is growing faster than the USA. im very interested in foreign real estate.