The safest thing to invest your money is the real estate. Buy an apartment or a house and rent it, that would make a larger profit for you, larger than any bank commission. I always invest my earned money this way, the safest and the most profitable way out there.
it depends on where you buy/invest in real estate. here everything is way overpriced thus not worth looking at as far as investing in real estate goes. where do you live if i may ask?
I think it's hard to predict in which kind of stage we're currently living with regard to the house markets here in The Netherlands. The last years, houses prices have decreased a lot (which makes it nowadays a good time to buy). However, especially in popular cities such as Amsterdam, a kind of bubble is currently taking place: houses are sold for MORE than the asking prices.
I'm looking to buy some real estate (such as an apartment) myself nowadays. However, it is hard to get a mortgage these days.
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Overall, I think it's a good idea to invest in real estate (especially in popular cities). In fact, I know someone who buys houses and changes them to multiple student rooms (which he then rents out). That works great.
However, if you do not have that amount of money to spend, it is probably more wise to save money - save money to be able to cover unexpected costs (otherwise you'll have to loan money for that, and loaning is a really waste of money!).