<i>I&#x27;ve heard that being too keen on real estate is a common pitfall for middle class investors.</i><p>I&#x27;m in US but I agree. I&#x27;m not old enough yet (I hope) but most of friends&#x27; parents lost all they had later in their life and from what I heard they were heavily into real estate. Some owned few houses and others worked as realtor.<p>For those that owned houses, they were extended too thinly and couldn&#x27;t sell fast enough to cover mounting interest and cost when economy tanked, resulting in bankruptcy.