I am planning a transition from middle class to capital class, which will take 10-20 years and require investing in real estate.<p>Real estate is a great investment (at least in Australia) because it allows you to get access to larger amounts of credit to purchase assets which will generally go up in value over time because of the policies of central banks to target inflation. In addition buying in the right location will insure that on top of location future scarcity will add more value to the investments.<p>It is also super transparent compared to stocks, where you don&#x27;t really know what is going on inside a company, land is land and all the data you need to assess the investment is available. And you can control the asset (think renovations, rebuilds, subdivisions etc.) so there is more you can do compared to the stock (buy, and perhaps short the similar stocks)<p>The downside to real estate is you have to be a little bit patient. Did I mention 20 years? :-)