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<p>Sure. Or I could buy stock, or remodel my kitchen and put new windows in, or blow it on a trip around the world. But I don’t want to. I don’t want to be a landlord, for one thing. Too much hassle and work for the return. I already work a full-time job and I don’t want to be called out in the middle of the night because the water heater broke in the tenants’ unit. And anyway, 150K won’t buy any property within a 50-mile radius of where we live, even in these post-bubble times.</p>