But when you can make 7 % via P2P Lending, 9 % — 12 % via real estate crowdsourcing, 8 % — 18 % via venture debt, 6 % — 12 % in SF real
estate unlevered, and 20 % + a year building an online business, suddenly, shooting for a ~ 5 % annual return in public equities (my estimate for a realistic return) doesn't feel that great anymore.
On average returns for direct,
unlevered real
estate investments are forecast to be 10.6 percent this year, falling to 8.6 percent in 2016 and 7.7 percent in 2017.