Comparing buy & hold investing with an IRA to similar investments made with non-IRA funds is comparing apples and oranges.  

I've been doing property management for my Irvine townhouse since 2012.My immediate goal now is to get started as a real estate agent part time here in Orange County/Los Angeles County.

I am based out of Orange County, New York and looking to business in the upstate NY area. 

Las Vegas came across based on the relative close distance to home (Orange County, CA) and familiarity.

(esp Irvine - Orange County - folks!)

I am from East Orange NJ.

These are the counties/townships:If you live or work in the following counties you are eligible to join Crane Credit Union: Bartholomew, Brown, Clay, Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Greene, Hendricks, Jackson, Johnson, Knox, Lawrence, Marion (Center, Decatur, Franklin, Lawrence, Perry, Pike, Washington, and Wayne townships), Martin, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Orange, Parke, Pike, Posey, Putnam, Sullivan, Vanderburgh, Vermillion, Vigo, and Warrick.

It’s large, in San Francisco and orange.

If you are trying to Airbnb, you can't be in Orange County (you mentioned Orlando), so be careful where you are looking.

Equating 2008 to modern day is apples to oranges for the simple fact people were NOT QUALIFIED for the loans.Hope this makes sense and numbers are all approximate.