For over a year now the stock market has been bouncing around like a ball in a pinball machine. With a presidential election on the horizon, especially considering the candidates, many people don’t expect things to settle down anytime soon.

It’s times like these when many investors begin looking beyond the stock market to add some stability to their portfolio. Often they will turn to more conservative investments, such as CDs, bonds and money market funds. However, with the low interest rates of the past several years, those asset classes have left investors yearning for more. They are not paying the return of decades past and investors \have to reluctantly reach for yield by compromising credit quality and risk tolerance.

Real Estate: A Profitable, Relatively Stable Investment

With the stock market all over the place and the traditionally stable income investments hardly producing anything, many investors find themselves in a quandary. Is there another type of investment that can help pursue your goals? There is one asset class that continues to provide the income that investors require: real estate.

Since last decade’s market correction, real estate has been appreciating steadily at a greater rate than some other stable investments. There are great opportunities in domestic real estate, including both residential and commercial. There may also be appropriate investments in real estate abroad, depending on your unique circumstances.

Partnering With Real Estate Professionals

Fortunately, we at Mason & Associates have spent many years developing relationships with seasoned real estate investors and money managers. These individuals have a track record of successful investments spanning decades. Together, we are offering our clients access to exclusive real estate investment opportunities throughout the United States and abroad.

How We Can Help

Together, we are offering our clients access to exclusive real estate investment opportunities, both locally and throughout the United States. We can help you choose the best real estate investment to complement and further diversify your portfolio, given your current financial situation and goals. A real estate investment cannot be viewed in a vacuum absent of your complete financial picture and should be considered along with other investments you own.

Since inception, Mason & Associates Inc. has positioned itself as a full-service financial institution. In other words, we provide comprehensive solutions with a holistic approach. Through these full-service offerings, our clients are able to properly diversify their investments and accomplish their financial objectives. If you have any questions about real estate investing or you think real estate may be a good solution to balance out your portfolio, we would love to sit down and discuss it with you. Call us today at (323) 254-3072 or email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Space is limited in each investment opportunity, so as the saying goes, the early bird gets the worm!

About Brent Brent M. Mason is the President of Mason & Associates, Inc.  Brent began his career in 1999 with Putnam Investments, where he was a vice president and served as the marketing manager for Putnam’s Insurance Products Division, specializing in the development and sale of investment vehicles within insurance related products. Brent earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas where he focused on marketing and finance. Brent is a licensed California insurance agent and can offer life, health, variable and long-term care insurance products. Currently, he is a member of the Board of Directors at Hillsides, an organization that specializes in meeting the needs of at-risk children in the greater Los Angeles area. Brent lives in Pasadena with his wife Leah and their three beautiful children. He enjoys golf, snow skiing and spending time with family and friends.