Just a very blunt assessment of what it takes to do to get ahead nowadays (borrow vs. save) and the dangers of the current anti-capitalist mindset taking hold in America. 

Some municipalities are "anti" manufactured housing, so read the ordinance carefully before buying any land.  

Without anty doubt in my mind, RE is absoluately the best option out there in my opinion.No other investment vehicle allows you to have possibility of appreciation, both time and forced, income (cash flow), leverage, tax incentives (depreciation, 1031 exchanges, etc), and the ability to buy at less than full market value.In contrast, buying a stock, you must pay the full going value of that stock on that day.

Some of this was changed because of anti-terrorism laws too.

Here in CA, i believe there are anti-discrimation laws that state a landlord cannot discrimate on the SOURCE of the income, nor can they refuse households based on the sex of the applicant, or the number of applicants.While i totally understand the first 2 (source of income, as long as legal, and sex of applicants) I dont understand why if you are renting a studio with zero bedrooms, you can't limit the occupancy to say one person.Thoughts?

Where I am, IL has it's own laws regulating deposits (nothing too extreme), but for Chicago, there's another set of laws that's just downright anti-landlord.

We pay cash at auction and are frequently trying to sell to a buyer with FHA inside of 90 days so we run into this issue frequentlyHUD waived the FHA day day anti flipping rule a couple of years ago and keep rr-waiving the rule each year.

I am certainly no anti-gun advocate; I have a .38 and a .22 pistol in my home for protection.

Lucky for us, we aren't in California or one of the other anti-landlord states. 

HOA makes sure the exterior of the house stays looking good and usually keeps a lid on anti-social activity, if any.