Wednesday, June 18, 2014

How to Invest My Cash

For the last few months, I have had a very pleasant problem: approximately $150,000 in cash sitting in my savings account. Most of this is from the proceeds of selling my condo, plus a little growth from savings and interest. I have been holding off on any big investment decisions for a while, partly out of pure laziness and partly because there are some possibilities floating around for how to use the money. 

One thing I might do is buy all or part of some real estate Sweetie owns, as since Sweetie isn't working and I am, there could be some tax benefit to me being the one with the mortgage. 
Another possibility is going into business with some friends who want to invest in rental real estate upstate. There are some college towns where the investment return on properties is quite attractive. Though I didn't want to be an active, hands-on landlord, I don't mind doing some occasional work and otherwise being a passive investor, and trust the friends involved, one of whom has hands-on experience as a real estate agent and property manager.
And then there's just the stock market. I just bought $20,000 more in mutual funds to add to my E*Trade portfolio. I am tempted to put even more in, figuring I could sell some of my earlier investments if I need to free up cash later. 
There's no easy answers, but again, this is a good problem that I am glad to have!

3 comments:

Celshader said...

As you noted, this is an awesome problem to have.

Could savings bonds be an option for part of your savings, or have you already maxed out your I-Bond and EE Bond purchases for this year?

T'Pol said...

Wouldn't mind having that problem! lol...

It is great to hear from you. I am hoping for more posts and updates. Take care and be well...

Anonymous said...

Both freemoneyfinance and financialsamurai blogs have excellent posts/series on investing in real estate (some commenters are just as helpful as they are landlords, too). I have long thought about it myself, but haven't pulled the trigger. In the meantime, I'm experimenting with the much-written-about mix of three Vanguard funds (total stock, total international stock, total bond) to see how they perform.