Many people correctly observe that buying real estate creates jobs and provides work for individuals and companies. A part of the #construction industry essentially produces “gold” – an asset that serves as a #storeofvalue, replacing the function of #money.

But what’s the problem with this? #RealEstate is fundamentally a product created for practical use. It’s not a cheap store of value, as its maintenance is costly and requires continuous expenses. It’s like earning interest in a bank but having a management fee of 1% per year – or even more.

So why is real estate still a good #investment? Because its value doesn’t diminish with #moneyprinting. When more money is printed, the price of everything rises – including that of completed properties.

But what’s the biggest issue here? The fact that people choose real estate as a store of value simply because there’s no better alternative. If we had a real, #inflation-proof form of money, reduced demand would lead to more affordable #housing prices. The construction industry could then focus on projects that create real #socialvalue.

Do we have a better store of value? Yes. We do. #Bitcoin 😊

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Accepting that there is a store-of-value-premium on real-estate, I'm wondering what about the cost side, the cost of building new houses, the cost of renovating, construction material and labor. Isn't that limiting the store-of-value premium? (if there is high demand for buying existing real estate as investment, and prices go up, but newly-builds prices are lower, it's more efficient to build).

Or, it's the other way around, and the store-of-value-premium also pulls up the construction prices, and inflates construction material and labor prices, infiltrating the whole supply chain? I think this is the case.

I think the premium is somewhere between -30% and -10%.

It depends on the location and the economy.

Okay, I see. But when will people switch from real estate to Bitcoin? 🤔

Some will certainly.