.✅ Pro-business city / state regulatory environmentA good indicator is the State Business Tax Climate Index.

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On a 200k property, that means: 12k costs (loan, repairs, taxes etc)6k extra income (€500 a month in the pocket)ROI on my acquisition costs (30k), the only thing I paid out of pocket = 6k (increasing) cash + 9k loan payoff + property appreciation makes an easy 50% ROI possible.Rental prices will be indexed every year, so that number will rise and so will the value of the property, while the loan will always stay at €750/month.

You bring up another question I am wrestling with, which is:because returns in the index market are so strong at this moment does it make financial sense to move the funds into a self directed IRA?

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I don’t want to spend all day doing research on the past boom and bust, but the low hanging fruit would be on the Case Shiller index, which reports on 20 cities.  

SF is falling hard.My case to you: don't read Brandon tunner book, dont read people opinion, just open zillow home index every freaking day and you will see a pattern.

FRED Detroit house price index shows current value is still less than Q4 2005 when adjusted for inflation.

Reference the OFHEO.gov Housing Price Index report http://www.ofheo.gov/HPI.asp.

I don't think there is anything wrong with using 8% as an opportunity cost, nor is expecting that much from a long hold in an index ETF.