After last weeks volatile stock market real estate investments are looking better and better.  Leveraged (the lenders) money buys property.  With stocks you have to pay the total of the purchase, with real estate all you pay is a down payment and interest ever month.  All gains are based on the total purchase of the property not the amount of money you personally have invested.  There are great investment opportunities everywhere,  all you need is a good realtor to help you find the right property for.  From moving up in your permanent home, a dream vacation home, rental property, to commercial property the time is now to branch out.  Take a look at your financial balance and determine if now is the time to diversify and stop living the ups and downs of the Wall Street rollercoaster.