I would think on a forum like BP more of us would be encouraging the youngster to brush up on fundamentals, rather than 2006-style risk taking.EDIT: If you read my first post carefully, you will realize that im not 'naysaying' im actually encouraging OP to educate himself

Goals include making 1 buy-and-hold purchase each year.Leave the flipping to the youngsters with time on their hands :)

Read my response youngster. 

There are youngsters that find a niche and think they have a product to sell.

Parents supplying downpayments for said youngsters in #1 (boomers have a ton of equity in their homes due to the run up in prices overall).3.

also don’t let your youngsters eat parts of my house .

Us seniors need our rest to keep up with you youngsters.

Keeping some sort of cash flow as a way to stay in the game and not completely retire and to help a youngster (relatively younger) on their path.Ultimately I need to get a good deal on the purchase so I can refinance (my community bank only requires 1 month seasoning) when I want to pay off the second mortgage.And thanks @Nathan G. for the article link...

I also meet up with newbies and youngsters that have a million questions and many doubts about continuing a path into a system that has been crumbling since the eighties.

I know this one first hand.. as a youngster in CA..