Places I've lived in sequence (1) Singapore (2) Kuala Lumpur (3) Hong Kong (4) Ithaca, NY (5) Washington DC (6) Rome, Italy (7) New York, NY (8) Hong Kong (9) Shanghai (10) Hong Kong (current)Right now I think I'll stay where I am but in the future, I'd love to move back to New York City. 

California, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne, Sydney, London capital appreciation isn't that hard to spot or compute if you know the market.Personally, I don't see capital appreciation to be more or less complicated to compute than rent appreciation.

Originally posted by @Steven Hong:@John Underwood 6/10 of my tenant paid up for April.

It's on like Donkey Kong in a thong singing a song. 

@Trung Hong if you're looking to live-in the property, start by picking an area that you like personally first and foremost.

@Vennis Hong if you are looking for a safe place you most likely won’t make a great return.

@Daniel Kong not true you can certainly go liquid with your stocks if your not invested in a 401k or ira and you can also use margin if you know what your doing.

LA/ Orange County and NYC are cheap compared to properties in major cities in China like Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. 

Bay Area is world class real estate you have to look at Bejing Singapore Hong Kong  Honolulu  Paris London Zurich for comps not the US>  and same with Beverly hills areas of prime so cal..  

My prediction is that the next crash will originate with a hard Brexit on Halloween night followed by China strongarming their way over in Hong Kong.