Is MA real estate a solid investment?

Is real estate still a good investment? Recently I have had similar conversations with people encircling the real estate and investment market dilemmas. The stock market is down. The real estate market is down. The banks aren’t paying much on savings accounts or CD’s. Where should you put your money? Would you be surprised if real estate seems to be the consensus?  I am a little biased but someone gave me an interesting analogy a few days ago. He said, ” If I drive by my rental property and one of the shutters is hanging off the side of the house, I can fix it and physically improve my investment. If the wheels fall off my mutal fund, I have no control of who may drive it into the ditch.” I think the real estate market will stabalize much faster than the stock market for the same reason. With real estate you have control.  Read more