Real estate can provide a number of attractive opportunities such as diversification, current income and possible inflation hedging, but not all deals are created equal. (crowd101.com)
Note that long term you need to plan for possible inflation, so «a little bit of return» generally wants to be at least high enough to offset that plus «a little bit». (money.stackexchange.com)
It may seem that it is a close call between the no - lapse universal life and participating whole life, but when possible inflation is considered, I believe participating whole life is a hands - down winner. (aaii.com)