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havefunsaving replied to the Real Estate Inv. Trusts: REITs board. 2:48 AM

Re: Mom's being told to buy nontraded REIT

Why not save yourself frustration? Tell her, "You ask for my advice and then go ahead and do what you wanted to anyway, before I even give you my advice. Not to mention that you ask my advice and then completely ignore it. So save both of us [more]

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havefunsaving replied to the Real Estate Inv. Trusts: REITs board. 8:44 PM

Re: Mom's being told to buy nontraded REIT

I say most of us are quite worthless, however, we get our opinions from people who are not worthless and struggle to help protect people like your mother day in and day out. So listen to the Yoda. - gazulight

I would have to disagree [more]

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havefunsaving replied to the Real Estate Inv. Trusts: REITs board. 8:41 PM

Re: Mom's being told to buy nontraded REIT

To all and sundry in this thread:

I cannot thank you enough for all your help, advice, and general kind-heartedness. I appreciate it more than you know.

As it turns out, my mom did what she sometimes does -- she asked for my advice, [more]

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havefunsaving replied to the Real Estate Inv. Trusts: REITs board. 2:13 PM

Re: Mom's being told to buy nontraded REIT

I suggest you ask your mother to simply read this entire discussion thread - annedonc

I was already there. :o)

She will ask me, "So who are these people, and what are their qualifications that I should listen to [more]

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havefunsaving replied to the Real Estate Inv. Trusts: REITs board. 1:28 PM

Re: Mom's being told to buy nontraded REIT

I would shop for a new financial adviser, rather than a new non-traded REIT. - RDonohue

That may be a harder sell than talking her out of the nontraded REITs.

She trusts this guy implicitly. I don't.

He's a really [more]