Real estate and bitcoin will continue to be my play, just don't get over-extended in this economy.

Bitcoin can still make you rich as it is a finite asset.

Paul Allen is spot on with emotional control being important I’m still early in my investment path with just 1 deal, but I think sticking to these 3 simple criteria will work best for me:1) something I understand 2) something I can place a value on based on fundamentals (sorry Bitcoin)3) something I can buy at a deep discount to that valueObviously that makes it really tough to find deals in todays market, but (1) when I do find one, it is something I can easily sleep on and (2) it naturally forces me to slow my investment pace in today’s hot market, and pick up my pace as prices come down (whenever that begins to happen).

How do I proceed in a way that will allow me to avoid developing a reputation as a re-trader?

Bottom line if you are a closer in the market and dont have a reputation of Re trader you can form solid relationsheep with Brokers. 

They're not free, but they're reasonably priced.Renters with bank accounts simply pair their bank account to the service and set an authorization date between the 1st and the 5th of the month.Renters without bank accounts can pay with Bitcoin, and you receive their payment in dollars unless you elect otherwise.

That is an extremely high risk venture and only a "TINY" sliver of the investor market - in fact, those folks are not really investors but rather gamblers (similar to the day traders of stock investing).  

@Abe Gonzales  not sure he wants to be a day trader  :)  and sometimes day traders don't have a winning day.

Some IT people build extra computers to mine bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, or set up small labs (consisting of a few computers, servers, and some networking equipment that would normally be found in a business) to practice for IT certification exams.I agree that shared utilities with one tenant paying is a recipe for disaster.

Makes me think of bitcoin when I read this haha