I'm a part time stock market trader and that took me 3yrs of my busy life to finally click and start placing trades confidently so I know this field is probably not that different but I will take it 1 day at a time.

@Jack Trader I plan on dropping by at county office one of these days and ask around, would let you know what I find.

Bulls make money, and bears make money, but pig only get slaughtered"Old stock trader expression. 

Been an active stock, options & futures trader for about 10 years now looking to change focus to RE.

Found guilty in conspiring with 20 other traders and brokers to rig LIBOR to benefit his own trading positions, Tom Hayes was finally convicted and sentenced to 14 years in prison by a U.K. judge.

Over a 2 year period I was the greatest Stock trader in the world. 

by selling now and "taking profit" as stock traders say, you re-invest in better properties and will have smaller cash flow to start but better return on equity.Any of the Refi approaches limit you to only pulling up to 75%, leaving 25% equity trapped.   

My broker kept changing (trading) my stocks and every time he made a trade he made a commission and still lined his pockets as my portfolio dropped to $250,000.Who was this Dean Witter trader?

Apart from the low dividends, if you want to create a cash flow using stocks, the only way is to be a day trader.

@Joseph ODonovan I am not sure if you are aware but traders are smart and have started shorting using other put strategies which limits their losses.