I ran the actual 10-year math on Bitcoin vs Rental Property (same $30K starting point) — the results were not what I expected

https://youtu.be/tlRr1wStdow
I kept seeing people argue about whether crypto or real estate

is the better investment, but nobody was actually running the

full numbers. So I did.

Same starting point for both:

- $30,000 to invest

- Same year (2015)

- Same city, same income

Here's what I found after accounting for EVERYTHING:

REAL ESTATE (Rental Property):

→ $30K down on a $150K property

→ Tenant paying $1,400/month rent

→ Sounds great... until you add:

- Property taxes: $15,000 over 10 years

- Insurance: $12,000

- Repairs/maintenance: $30,000

- Vacancy (1 month/year avg): $15,000

- 600 hours of your own time managing it

After ALL real costs → roughly $175,000 to $195,000

in total equity after 10 years

BITCOIN (Held without selling):

→ $30K invested in 2015

→ Watched it drop 84% in 2018

→ Watched it drop 77% in 2022

→ Did NOT sell either time

After 10 years → roughly $1.5M to $2M

(after capital gains tax)

So crypto wins, right? Not so fast.

Here's the part nobody talks about:

Studies show fewer than 8% of Bitcoin buyers

actually held through both crashes without selling.

The other 92% panic sold at the bottom and

locked in massive losses — ending up WORSE

than the real estate investor.

Real estate had one massive hidden advantage:

You literally CANNOT panic sell a house at 2AM.

The illiquidity that feels like a weakness

is actually what protects most people from

destroying their own returns.

So the real answer is: it depends entirely

on which type of investor YOU are.

Happy to answer any questions on the math

in the comments.