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Why I Think Investing in Depreciating Assets is a Great Idea

November 2, 2016 By Kevin

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When I tell people that I have been unusually busy lately because I bought a mobile home, the most common response is, “Don’t you know that mobile homes depreciate?”  Well, yes.  Everybody knows that.  That is exactly why I started looking that direction for financial opportunities.  What? You are thinking.  Why on earth would I decide to spend my time, energy, and money on what everyone knows are depreciating assets?

In general, when everybody says that something is a bad idea or a bad investment, I think extra hard about doing it, or investing in it.  Because if everyone collectively writes something off as a bad idea, even without researching it, there is probably an opportunity to be had there, and the competition will likely be thin.  

One of those opportunities is mobile homes. [Read more…] about Why I Think Investing in Depreciating Assets is a Great Idea

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