It would be better to invest in an index fund and make 10-12% without dealing with the hassles of being a landlord in CA.

In retirement accounts, margin is not allowed and everything has to be cash secured.I own shares of a real estate index ETF in a retirement account that is set up to reinvest my dividends automatically.

I think this will help tremendously with your decision.Here's a link:http://trreb.ca/index.php/market-news/mls-home-price-index/mls-home-price-index-archiveMay I ask what your budget is?

In these times I would not tie money up with a long term arbitrage with a short term index.

Right now, if I were you, I would either 1) continue saving for a down payment to house hack to get more equity in there or 2) max out your yearly Roth IRA and manage it to put that into target index funds and maybe look into a 401(k).

Their County Recorder's website says this:Please note that the Recorders Index as well as images of recorded documents are available on the Internet.

My last binder was 209 pages, which included all financial statements, all assets (even down to my paid off car), info on credit cards, etc.Here is my rough index, I took out a bunch of the in depth details.

Most seller financing is for people or property that the big 5 don't want to finance.And as I talked about in Bigger Pockets Podcast #82, capital gains tax should be indexed for inflation, so that it is a true tax on capital gains and not a tax on inflation.And while we're talking about illogical. 

I am told to stay away from the south streets and find trulia's crime index to be a good starting point  so I usually make offers in only the green and yellow sections.

The mortgage payment needed to be indexed, I’ve updated that column :).