Originally Posted by
iceman
Interesting discussion and I agree leverage is a huge component. But if one has a lowly mortgaged or a mortgage free investment property, an alternative to selling it to buy managed funds or shares is to simply remortgage it and invest the money in shares. Invest in 2 markets at the same time. I personally feel I am not getting the most out of my equity, including rental properties, if they're mortgaged below 60-65% of market value as I don't "need" the income from them for personal use yet. So I keep topping up the mortgages to invest further.