Diversify with a vanguard index etf??

[Max T.]

All I ever do is put money back into the properties. With class A rentals I can always find something to upgrade. My home is still not finished so there is plenty for me to spend time/money on there. One day it too will be a rental so it is all money well spent. I lately feel like putting $1000 into a vanguard index fund and setting up a monthly auto deposit of $100. My wife already puts 400:month ino her IRA. I don't have one since I like to play monopoly better. All I have is the crappy teachers pension for the state of Pennsylvania that will probably be bankrupt by the time I retire from teaching. So finish the house first or buy some stock and then keep going on the house?