A 3D-printed house will fascinate the masses, but the line to buy such things has historically been conspicuously short.   

I'm fascinated that people may have "invested" in RE mainly because of crowd funding PR and low minimum amount to participate.  

The San Mateo, CA area has always had a lot of growth with companies like Visa (I hear they are planning to go public), Fisher Investments, Templeton Investments and Gilead Sciences (a biotech company that has licensed some AIDS medicines) situated in this area.

Although square footing something is not a exact science it is usually pretty darn close.

As I write this I'm listening to an interview with her, you can find it here: http://www.thestorybehindthesecret.com/step3.htmlThe Secret came about from 'The Science of Getting Rich' written by Wallace D Wattles in 1903 a few years before his death.

It's not a motivational book, but rather one that's designed to teach you how to interpret pro formas and how to do and understand key calculations that are essential for success in real estate investing.And for fun I teach once each year at Columbia in their Master of Science in Real Estate Development program.I've been in the real estate software business long enough to have learned that there's no point in trying to sell people analysis software if they don't have a good grasp of the financial concepts that underly real estate investments.

Think about it like this...you could go to university for years to learn complex studies like rocket science, astronomy, quantum physics, engineering, surgery.

It's not rocket science.

I will be graduating in 2 weeks from Stevens Institute of Technology with a BS in computer science.

Fascinating!