Per the HCIDLA the allowable rent increase is tied to the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

It is the Case-Shiller US national house price index, probably the best indicator of house prices. 

I'm interested in opinions on Indexed Universal Life Insurance vs. 401k options.

I look up abandoned properties at: http://www.baltimorehousing.org/index/insp_tevo.asp and from there I review the tax records at: http://sdatcert3.resiusa.org/rp_rewrite/index.asp where I get an address for who I hope is the current owner and do a reverse look up.

This one is from "The Marker" a financial internet publication affiliated with the Israeli newspaper "Haaretz":"Index of Wall Street's volatility (VIX) - also known as the "fear index" because it provides some indication of investors' fear level on Wall Street - now jumps 21% in the highest level since February After fears of debt crisis in Greece and spread of other economies such as Spain and Portugal led to sharp declines in European stock exchanges Wall Street.

One great resource for studying potential markets is the annual Best Performing Cities Index put out by the Milkin Institute.

Even worse is when they focus on the Dow index and yet they do not own any of the companies in the index.BTW, I am an investor in the UK and in the USA.

SF Bay Area experiences mass exodus of residents, leading to a shortage of U-Haul trucks and sky-high prices for scarce outbound truckshttp://www.aei.org/publication/san-francisco-bay-area-experiences-mass-exodus-of-residents-reflected-in-one-way-u-haul-truck-rental-rates/I first heard about the "U-Haul Index" in the mid 2000s when record numbers of people were leaving the Bay Area.

You can look at quite a set of numbers-- 6, 7, even 8 figures--if you just pay yourself first and utilize index funds (especially tax free/deferred).But real estate let's you profit from your own hand, interact with others (especially self managing), and even get some exercise (snow shoveling in winter or painting in summer). 

Hi I am a newbie to the FI community but I want to start investing in Index Funds.