I've done better with my home investment than I have with my managed investment funds. I bought my flat in 1994 for $107,000 and it's now worth $715,000 after Melbourne had the same rise in house prices as San Francisco.
Two problems, though. (1) The money is locked up. I can't take a couple of bricks down to the travel agent and exchange them for tickets. (2) I am locked up. Google wants me to work for them but are quite insistent that I move to California. I guess remote work can only go so far.