@Ikaika FarmerStock market will make you rich too if you’re a savvy trader and patient too

Maybe you dont consider bots as AI ...Financial advisers and stock traders ,just 15 years ago they were required, not the case any more.

I'm a long-term investor, not a trader of bonds.

It's a traders market right now.  

ETC ETC  In Hawaii you could work on STR condo sales or try to market to the huge Japanese buyer pool.  

I did get a little boost on that property from the Japanese buying spree in Hawaii in the 80's and the lack of inflation is slowing my snowball growth on appreciation. 

Unless you are a very experienced swing/day trader, you should be mentally prepared to play the longer term game on any funds put in this market (or in other words ready to let your money sit for 3+ years) and even ready to average down.

I am a US expat living in Japan, which means I have the difficult task of navigating both US and Japanese taxes and laws.

This past year was all about learning a new trade (real estate). 

I JV'd with my business partner who put in years of hard work to develop the relationships with loan traders on Wall Street.There are experienced note investors who will JV with you.