[rll]

Obviously that depends on what you invest in and how much risk you are willing to carry. In the long term the stock market index funds have returned about 6-7% annually adjusted for inflation. Take almost any 10-year window in the past 30 years and SV home prices have either matched or beaten that substantially.

[Domenic_S]

Plus, you can improve your house cheaply for the cost of materials and some elbow grease. I can't buy more $AAPL with sweat.