For ex, properties must have at least 40% equity, in a specific zip code, owner owned the house for 5 years +...

Hi @Trever C Trader, Those are all great questions!

It's actually a very common strategy employed by successful stock traders.  

There is a lot of commercial development occurring in that expo/usc neighborhood- they broke ground on the George Lucas Museum, the LA Football Club, renovations to the Coliseum has begun, Honda is moving in a dealership on King, and the opening of USC Village (which includes Trader Joes and Target). 2.

From mid-level traders to the top, they feel like they are entitled to take hired sedans to work, eat lobster for lunch every day and receive gigantic year-end bonuses.

I traded forex and news doesn't predict where the market is going.

Just as there were a flood of stories of unscrupulous equity traders manipulating the market, supposedly causing the tipping of the market into the tailspin of 2008, I am constantly seeing new (ridiculous) stories and even laws revolving around specific, legitimate, real estate practices.

Well my father has turned into quite the successful day trader, and wanted more capital with which to trade (day trading in a Roth IRA scares me and excites me at the same time).

I keep a keen eye on the market as a trader first and real estate owner second.

William Broeksmit a former executive at Deutsche Bank, commited suicide in January of this year setting off a string of suicides that included Fed officials and several JPMorgan traders.