To chime in on what Jaime was saying, be sure to ask the FOREX platform about personal gaurantees ahead of time.

My brother has been a mortgaged-backed trader for over 20 years and my father was a bond salesman his entire life.

I did the same in the early 2000's when I began to trade forex. 

In fact, in a lot of ways, it isn't specifically the fact that I was involved in real estate investing that was so alarming to him, the whole idea of investing outside of traditional blue chip stocks and mutual funds was completely foreign as well, and had I said that I was day trading Forex (I'm not, but know people who are successful doing so), had he the slightest clue of what I was talking about, he probably would respond in a similar manner as to what he did with my rental property business.And had I been interested in starting a sandwich shop for example, certainly that also would have caused a certain amount of discouragement from.  

What do I need to look out for? (Ex

i'm not a currency trader, but if you've been to downtown baghdad recently, you might not think it was a good idea.

Then again you won't do much better if you post it on a stock traders forum either I guess.I say do both!

so for ex $1,000,000/$75,000=13.3% cap ratingWhat % of cap rate is generally good or a secure investment?

So for ex. $5 Million-$10 Million it would be extended from 20-60 years.Thanks alot Mike I really appreciate your input!

I know one guy who lost $350K in forex after just a few days.