When compared GDP to Occupancy for self storage, we saw the resiliance of the asset class during recessions outperformed many others. 

On their site under research are alot of studies show value investing outperformance over timewww.gmo.com Manager that runs tens of billions.

Each month 20% of the campaigns would be allocated to a different manager, to see if the new one could outperform the current one. 

I think you are confusing recent appreciation, which has been fueled by a tech bubble and unprecedented foreign investment, with long term historical rates of appreciation, which haven't been nearly as good for the Bay Area.This was a study conducted by Zillow in 2010 and eight of the top 20 cities for appreciation were in SoCal, none were in NorCal:  http://www.zillow.com/blog/top-20-best-performing-...Case Shiller also confirms this over the long term by showing that Los Angeles slightly outperformed San Francisco from January 1980 to the bottom of the recent housing bust in Spring 2009.  

Out of state REI can out perform most investment choices but there is risk (I think all REI has some risk even if in CA has historically worked great past performance is not necessarily and indication of future performance).Good luck

True, the longer the horizon the more dividend stocks outperform usually. 

Diversifying a few $50k plays in well-vetted syndication deals, with an experienced operator, will likely outperform most individual investors’ efforts.

I've been here almost a year and you've way outperformed me.

Alternatively, I like to tell myself that my investment property is outperforming.

@Austin Steed G’day Austin, have you found specific suburbs or particular home types (2 bed, 3 bed, etc) outperforming the market?