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Why does Warren Buffett avoid real estate even when it’s cheap? Because one asset class lets him move billions in minutes, the other can trap him in years of negotiations. Buffett’s take is brutally simple: Stocks = speed, scale, finality. Real estate = delays, complexity, endless humans + paperwork.... show more

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