As an asset class, real estate tends to play second fiddle to stocks and bonds. Apart from their homes, average Canadians are likely underexposed to bricks and mortar.
The classic route to real estate riches is to buy a second home, perhaps a condo or triplex apartment, rent it out and get your tenants to pay the mortgage on it. But this is not a highly diversified approach. It can be a problem finding good tenants, collecting rents and keeping properties maintained.
