The best asset protection trusts for asset protection would be offshore trusts or a domestic trust that could be relocated offshore.

If you like to gamble you can go down into these SW areas and sit at the big tables, but I don't bring my investors down there because it's too high risk.

Face it, what you are describing is gambling.

The last place I would go if I was tight on cash would be Las Vegas, even though I realize there are other things aside from gambling to do there. 

BP tends to be a little anti appreciation and its definitely a bigger gamble but its where a lot of people made a lot of money esp. when they bought to live because they bought in better areas that went up. 5) In this case if you are buying a larger multi unit the big gains come from making improvements to the rent, the cost structure, etc.

This is admittedly a gamble as the wrong tenant could end up costing you, but for this particular investor, it worked out in every case.

I think the easiest thing for someone off shore to protect a income producing property investment in the US.. is to buy quality to begin with.those that buy low end properties routinely get wiped out... this last month I went through a set of closings were I funded a local wholesaler who bought 20 some properties from AU investors for about 30 cents on the dollar of what they paid for them as TK properties.

I don't need to deploy money, and I don't need to gamble.

Building equity is a gamble. 

Or is he/she taking the same risk as me and taking a gamble on whether or not it will work out?