Most of our NW is in real estate, and rough values are skyrocketing and we're up almost $800K this year, maybe more. So far, I'm still in the "pinch me" stage.
We've diversified now to a LCOL area, which allows a 8-10% return after expenses every year on properties that had doubled in our HCOL home area. By moving a couple of assets, we increased our yearly take home and splintered large assets into smaller, more mobile ones with a better return. We don't expect the new investments to appreciate as rapidly, but the monthly return is greater and we plan on long term holds.
I think we're going to do it again, and, again, increase our profit by a couple grand a month. Plus it's fun!