Or maybe I should rephrase the question this way: What gains, if any, might I forego by hopping on the back of a friendly giant?

I'm from Texas, but a giant truck really doesn't fit the bill 100% with this criteria.I drive a 2011 Chevy Cruz.

To me, the stock market is a giant roulette wheel and I don't like to gamble.

It might not if you're in a giant metro like Chicago or Los Angeles shotgunning offers around but in small markets (where I invest, at least) people know each other. 

If you want to stick to real estate, there was even a guy there that buys vacant land in California, builds these giant warehouses, and rents them to marijuana growers, distributors, manufactures, etc.

And you don't have to have a strong ownership economy to have a strong economy; some European countries don't even hit 50% home ownership.

If the economy goes off a complete cliff to depression level drop offs not much we can do but there isn't really much reason to expect a giant glut of homes on the market with the builders cutting back so much.

Coming right out of the crash the default rates for these giants were a whopping 3.7%.  

But by all means if any of you guys smells a giant rat, let me know!

Hate to be the one to say it but this thread is one giant red flag....OOS.