The Midwest is probably your best bet for a number of reasons.

The truly tragic natural disasters in California, North Carolina, Florida and others of the past six months are evidence that no location is truly 'climate safe,' however there are geographical areas that can expect less weather extremes and lower costs of living, developing, insuring and seemingly...surviving. 

Quote from @An Lan: I am not a professional real estate investor, I just invest in houses as a safe asset and do not choose to rent them out.

Hello, my name is Julian. I am a licensed realtor based in Atlanta, Georgia, and I am currently working on obtaining my mortgage origination license. I am 14 hours into the 20-hour online course offered by "RealEstate...

So, in the end I would caution anyone who wants to try it to hire a real good counsel, a Dodd Frank/Safe Act/TLA and CFPB versed attorney,  and thread the waters accordingly.

Airbnb gives you the best bet at getting both. 

You might have to dig into off-market deals, though, since inventory is tight.Multi-Family: Always a safe bet if you can snag a good deal.

I would say for most people, the 1st position heloc is no a good bet, especially if you have a 1st mortgage rate of less than 5%.Using this strategy with a 2nd position heloc can be just as powerful, so you can have your cake and eat it too!

2) I bet you could draw that same or even more extreme graph for new car prices.

Real estate for the last four years was betting on red or black but the ball was fixed to win as it was nearly impossible to lose.