Insurance has tripled or more, HOA fees are through the roof.

Hell my taxes have tripled.  

because lord forbid ya go a week without the $300mnth Goat Yoga membership, or the daily $10 non-fat triple soy late caramel twist double shot stirred not shaken starbucks....

Here in New Jersey, the price of MFH in Newark, East Orange, Irvington, etc, has tripled over the years, and its scary!

Most of my investors have doubled if not tripled their value from 3-5 years ago in multiple states. 

After many years the ROI on those same properties increased significantly as rents doubled, tripled, quadrupled, as well as capital appreciation.

Here in Central IN.....46218 is a war zone by most standards. when i first started in real estate, you could get a rent ready rental for 40K that met the 2% rule. those same houses have tripled in value and the average mcdonalds worker can no longer afford the housing in the war zone area.........which is crazy.

I would look at things like REITs, etc. it is my experience that even triple net is fairly large amounts of money compared to what you seem to have available now. 

My area has appreciated 10% yoy over the past 4 years so if I had parked my money in real estate instead of stocks over those 4 years I likely would have tripled my initial investment.

property taxes are close to zero ($1mm house might cost $160 USD, but insurance is triple), Best of all, are you ready????