@Greg TomThe discussion predictably went away from your original question, because it's more fun to talk about self-directed retirement accounts. 

Of course you would have to make sure that you actually do have a large enough insurance policy as it is impossible to predict how much you might eventually be sued for. 

If I do not project at least 20% short term return, I am not interested and my conservative ROI estimates so far have always under predicted my ROI.  

We can't predict the future, but if you look carefully at the growth data it’s pretty solid to support that Boise/Meridian is going to see healthy growth during the next several years.

I never would have predicted SE Wisconsin to be the next tech hub, but analysts have already started calling this Wisconn Valley with the impact Foxconn will have and the venture capital they are pumping into this area.

There is no real sweet spot as far as predicting the weather in St.

I ended up foreclosing on 200 investors who could not refi.. refi's were not happening banks were NOT making loans.. but not predicting that.. 

These scams like Equitybuild and Morris Invest try to reinvent the wheel, and the results are exactly as one would predict.

But I'm not a glass-is-half-empty type person.Asking me to predict the future on past results pretty much breaks every disclaimer in finance--basic 101 stuff!

If you know how to predict those - teach me.But if you do flipping, the resulting income will be counted for the taxation of SS benefits, no matter how you structure it.