I have bought a few property from the hudgov site go to there index and scroll down to multi family every month they are selling multi family units very rare a month goes by with nothing for sale.

I'd tie rent increases to an index, not automatic increases, unless it really starts out way below market rates. :)

If it's linear, it would have risen but never dropped at any point or the value would never change (which is not the case either).Research the Case Schiller Index for the Bay Area and you'll find out the specifics.

By default I assume that it's better to defer those taxes and invest in low-cost index fund now than have it sit in my savings account and depreciate while I try to figure out what to do with it.I think the reason that I don't know anyone who has comfortable retired on their 401K's is because most of the people I know spend well more than they save, if they end up saving.

The exception is if a great deal came along, then it would be worth it, but the way it is now, might as well just keep it in the index fund until a return of 15% is available locally (which looks like it will be more syndicate deals for me probably down the road until the market corrects).

We can also look at the Baltic Dry Index and see we are at lower values than much of 2020, when the global economy was shut down.

If I were in your exact position in today's record high real estate market with about $1 million dollars in equity and cash, I would sell that house and drop it into an S&P index fund.

More and more public market investors are using low cost index funds and managing their own investments as you don't really need an advisor to tell you to buy the S&P500.

Some of our real estate clients are really getting hurt by the international trade disagreements.http://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/images/Airport/news_releases/activity_reports_files/October_2019.pdfAustin U-Haul Index: Texas is growing by about a 1,000 people per day.

First is DCA (dollar cost average) into the stock market using an array of stock-based mutual funds and/or market index funds.