I think there is an endowment effect where you purchase into a REIT or into a stock and you believe to own something personal, then when reality takes it all from you.. posts like these are made. 

Or how about the myriad of down payment assistance and endowments out there, especially when used in conjunction with another low down options. 

We are celebrating the right to Life, Liberty, and property the pursuit of Happiness.Here are some bits of the Declaration of Independence, as a refresher:We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness...That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.Happy Independence Day everyone!

The peer to peer lending platforms as well as the real estate crowdfunding platforms are not having their investments chosen by Warren Buffet, or for that matter any money/investment manager employed by the big pension funds, endowments or ultra wealthy individuals that RDPD is always alluding to.  

The IRS has decided that if too much cash is paid into a policy at once, a Modified Endowment Contract (MEC) is created which eliminates tax advantages of the cash value life insurance policy.In addition to proper policy design, choosing the right life insurance company for this “bank on yourself” system is an essential decision.

And said timber goes up in value 12 to 14% a year that's the return on investment by just holding the timber and the reasons the main funders of timber land and big owners are John Hancock and the Harvard Endowment fund. 

Years ago, I read a book called the Ivy Portfolio largely about the Harvard endowment & other large endowments.  

I imagine these would provide some nice uncorrelated returns.Also looked into quantitative hedge funds like Renaissance, Two Sigma, AQR....but these appear to be for multibillionaires and Ivy League endowments.

Plus, stuff happens...move, marriage, divorce, kids, can't management, don't want to manage...and you want the property to support your life decisions.We psychologically inflate the value of things that we already own over items we don't own...it's called the endowment effect. 

Take Yale’s endowment—considered the gold standard for its exceptional performance; 10% of its investment portfolio is allocated to real estate.