@Wallace Zhou - Here is the link that showed that...... https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2016-investor-market-index/

Should I be leaning more to DFA funds or index funds instead of real estate.

With exception to my 401k contribution to the MSCI All Country World Index.

As a reference, the national Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate for the same period is 26.63%.

LA is number 1 on the Case Shiller index for a reason. 

Check on the index page and you will spot it.

With your 401K you are 100% in control and historically, the stock market has produced great returns if you just invest in a S&P 500 index fund and let it ride.With the LLC idea there are many cons:1) You are a passive investor and have no say on the operations of your investment.2) 8% return for passive investments are easy to find if you search hard enough.

Charlotte "souburbs" (NC / SC) and Atlanta (GA) "Norburbs" in terms of Current and past rise in prices (P$), future growth (Gr%), rental potential (R$),  how good is the tenancy, quality of demography* (Demo: Best-to-Worst), maintainability (Mnt), availability of good rental mgt. companies (Misc) etc. crime rates (safest 1 to least 5) , natural risks (Disaster Index), Insurances (In$), property taxes (Ptax$)(Note: *Quality of demography has nothing to do with race, age, gender, family structure etc.

Once you enter the securities world, there are specific hoops you have to jump through to earn the title advisor.Most actively managed mutual funds are guilty of something called "shadow indexing" and usually aren't worth their costs.

It is the heat index feel I meant is 115 degrees.